DukeCity Posted December 13, 2006 Report Posted December 13, 2006 Looks like a piece of history up for sale. Sidney Bechet's Selmer soprano sax with a starting bid of $119,000.000 Quote
brownie Posted December 13, 2006 Report Posted December 13, 2006 An unique item obviously! Sidney Bechet Selmer 5 Probably will get higher than this previous item: Bechet auction Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted December 13, 2006 Report Posted December 13, 2006 Amazing to see that the seller figures interest is in the U.S. only as he seems to ship there only ... Even more amazing to see that Sidney composed his "tubes" on this horn. So he was a plumber? "Ah oui, les TUBES que l'on écoute partout, n'est-ce pas, Brownie?" :D (Ils sont passés où, les AIRS d'antan?) Quote
AllenLowe Posted December 13, 2006 Report Posted December 13, 2006 even more amazing, it needs new pads - Quote
AllenLowe Posted December 13, 2006 Report Posted December 13, 2006 now, the kid that Woody named Bechet - is that the one he's sleeping with? Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted December 13, 2006 Report Posted December 13, 2006 Amazing to see that the seller figures interest is in the U.S. only as he seems to ship there only ... Even more amazing to see that Sidney composed his "tubes" on this horn. So he was a plumber? "Ah oui, les TUBES que l'on écoute partout, n'est-ce pas, Brownie?" :D (Ils sont passés où, les AIRS d'antan?) Quote
JSngry Posted December 13, 2006 Report Posted December 13, 2006 "That's the way the world ends - not with a whim, but a banker." - Paul Desmond Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 14, 2006 Report Posted December 14, 2006 Amazing to see that the seller figures interest is in the U.S. only as he seems to ship there only ... Even more amazing to see that Sidney composed his "tubes" on this horn. So he was a plumber? "Ah oui, les TUBES que l'on écoute partout, n'est-ce pas, Brownie?" :D (Ils sont passés où, les AIRS d'antan?) It's not a typo or even a spelling error. It's a common usage in French. MG Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted December 14, 2006 Report Posted December 14, 2006 MG, I know and that's what I tried to get across in my French message. But it's a fairly recent coinage in French, unless I am very much mistaken (I cannot remember hearing it from French friends with whom I discussed music some 15 to 20 years ago but starting some 5 or 6 years ago it was all over the place). And of course it is oddly out of place in an English text (and that English text was too good to have been done by some automatic babelfish crap or similar so one wonders how it got in there). Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 14, 2006 Report Posted December 14, 2006 MG, I know and that's what I tried to get across in my French message. But it's a fairly recent coinage in French, unless I am very much mistaken (I cannot remember hearing it from French friends with whom I discussed music some 15 to 20 years ago but starting some 5 or 6 years ago it was all over the place). And of course it is oddly out of place in an English text (and that English text was too good to have been done by some automatic babelfish crap or similar so one wonders how it got in there). Didn't realise it was a recent arrival. Perhaps it arrived from Francophone West Africa. I have a K7 of Pape Serigne Seck from 1995 in which it's used in the sleeve notes. MG Quote
brownie Posted December 14, 2006 Report Posted December 14, 2006 Tube, a French faux ami for hit, was already in use in the late '50s. Henri Salvador had a minor hit with 'Le Tube' which was written for him by his very good friend Boris Vian back in 1957. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 15, 2006 Report Posted December 15, 2006 Ah, thanks Brownie. MG Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted December 15, 2006 Report Posted December 15, 2006 Yeah, there sure is something new to be learned around here every day ... Quote
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