I'm so damn good! I'm going to play all the hardest stuff for my next recital. Berio Sequenza, Lauba Jungle, Albright Sonata, Dahl Concerto and the Maslanka Sonata. Yeah! Actually, just kidding. I haven't played any of that stuff, and I'm probably not going to go near Lauba and Berio. Still unsure about that stuff. Not close-minded, just unsure. I'm a little up in the air lately about standard repertoire. Old and new. I have taught it for a long time and played it for a long time, but I feel, and this is only my OPINION, that most of it really isn't that great. Sinta apparently said he hasn't recorded a lot because most of it isn't worth recording. I didn't hear that from him directly, but I did hear it from a good friend of his. What pieces for legit saxophone are really great? By that I mean, what will still be considered three hundred years after it was written? I don't think we don't have the benefit of time like most other instruments or the benefit of composers like Beethoven, Brahms or Bach. I am not against legit saxophone. Most of my musical life revolves around it, but I just struggle with the music we play over and over and over and over and over and over... I have some pieces in my repertoire that I do like, however. I'm just really picky about what I play. Maybe too picky, but here they are. I play Demersseman's Fantaisie su un theme originale, Muczynski's Sonata, Distances Within Me (this one got better that longer I worked on it. At first it was just a challenge. Now I love it), Maslanka's Sonata(a work in progress), Bonneau Caprice (but I imagine that I play it with a bit looser interpretation that a lot of people. Imagine two really drunk people trying to waltz.), Double Vision by Charles Young (but again, looser that most maybe. I use tenor occasionally, with Charles Young's blessing, and the improv. section is wide open. It's great!), Music for Diverse Instruments by Frank Bennett...I could go on, but not too much. A lot of what I have played remains in my past. I think it's critical to know and play Ibert, Creston, Glauzonov, etc., but after that we...or maybe just me...need to find our own voice. I also think sax quartet is great great stuff. The sax quartet is just as important to the saxophone family as the string quartet is to the strings. I love Maslanka's Mountain Roads. A bit long-winded in the end, but beautiful. I'll shut up now. THANKS!

Right now, I'm in between the Glaz, Introduction Dance anf Furioso by Couf, and Flight. On an alternate/similair note, does anyone know where I can find the Morosco Blue Sonata, or Caprice? I'm not sure which one, but probably the easiest one. Thanks!

I'm working on the Gurewich Concerto for alto sax. It's a great piece to play.