Jazz Improvisation New Orleans
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Ben played the jazz saxophone and was usually a solo musician though he occasionally played with different groups. He also guest performed with other musicians and bands and for the past five years he had comfortably made his living with his instrument. Last year he went to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras festival, which was his first time there. He was actually only going to have a great time with is friends and experience this event which many of his friends considered to be an essential life ritual. However, as he always did, Ben took his saxophone with him, though he really had no intentions to play it.
This was one of his habits and it had been with him since high school when he started playing the saxophone. He didn’t always take it out of the case, but it was almost like a security blanket because he and an obsessive need to play it sometimes and would become extremely agitated if it wasn’t around to do so. While Ben was in New Orleans he would frequently wake up in the morning, usually with a slight headache, hearing various music coming from all directions. This always caused him to take out his saxophone, open his window in one of the luxury hotels New Orleans and begin to play. Frequently he would see small to medium crowds gather around and watch and listen and this gave him and incredible sense of being a part of the festival.
He had such a great time in New Orleans last year that he decided he needed to visit again soon. He had also made professional acquaintances with some other jazz musicians and wanted to return before they forgot who he was. Ben returned a month later and went into one of the clubs he had spent time in during Mardi Gras. Sure, enough, a man named Kyle was behind the bar and recognized him instantly. Kyle played the double bass and the two of them started talking. It turned out that the club was down that night so the two of them performed an improvisational set. New Orleans was quickly becoming one of Ben’s favorite cities.
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