The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for August 27, 2011

Wonderful!

Rim shot!

Although considered jazzy by some, the saxophone was never orchestrated into classical acceptance. They were too kinky for true missionary sax.

I knew this one would drum up some bass puns.

You’ll note that I never fiddle around with such viol wordplay.

Not like Radish and Baslim.

I hate to horn in here but Mr. Tambourine man has a good beat, ought’a drum up a band———tuba or not tuba, time will tell……☻

I’ve always found the Oom-pah of tuba music to be a bit corny… but this is ridiculous!

Looks like the horn dog in the audience is getting a bit “warmed up”!

Give her some French horn . . .

Safe Sax must be pursued. Find a safe and perform on the top of it! That should suffice!

That’s not a rim shot. That’s a swoosh and dunk, nothing but net! LOL Too good.

Lewreader: The saxophone was originally designed (baritone) to back the cellos in those 1,000 piece symphonies of the late 19th century. They frequently appear in classical works: soprano and tenor have solos in Ravel’s Bolero, Ravel also wrote a concerto for the alto, as did Copeland; Gershwin used them in most of his classical works from Rhapsody in Blue onward. (OK, so Grofé did the orchestration on that for Paul Whiteman’s orchestra, but Gershwin did when he learned to do his own orchestration.)

Is tooting your own horn the same as solo sex?

a tamborine, a viola and snare drum walk into a theatre…….

Except for Beowulf, which was all Saxon violence.

I would love to see a cello in a marching band.

Especially in a parade – following the horses.

The sax was great… but the match? He was a reed, a woodwind… and she was a brassy broad, a temptress who stood on her mouthpiece while daring him to blow through it. What was her game?Should he play… or should he go?

All this sax talk is making me horny, I could go for some good brass right now.

Love the play on words!

I have never had sax on Fifth Avenue.

Radish — As I’ve always said, “once a good joke, always a good joke.”

Yeah. Too much sax and violins. And even (shudder) a Sousaphone.

I find a sax-playin’ man to be difficult to resist… ;D (assuming he plays it reasonably well…)