Grateful my dad started me out on the saxophone like this. Masterclass at UAB Jazz. #chadlb #jazz

[jakesawaguchi]

"One measure at a time" is the most important context you can add to "I learned a Charlie Parker solo at 10 years old." Really shows the importance of learning slow

[tannerted]

Your dad has good taste. That chorus from “Now’s the Time” is probably my favorite solo of all time

[OGStazzy]

Awww that’s great me at 25 learning about the history and starting to play guitar just recently i transcribed some bird and it really healed a lot of my childhood traumas and now I’m learning sax to really pay my dues..

[billy_rayes]

My teacher in 5th grade did the same with me but with Chi Chi. Awesome story that I can relate to!

[dannytwitch]

Thanks for sharing. 🙏 I agree with that method of learning for anyone any age trying to transcribe a solo on an instrument 🎷. So much to learn 😌

[Will-INK]

Knowing i performed in that same concert hall is awesome Everything you do is amazing go blazers.

[ChrisWoodsViolin]

Nice delivery on the Hot Cross Buns line😂

[ryanhallstrom]

Chad's dad was the first to introduce me to jazz when he was still teaching at Horseheads.

[seanfelix]

I was playing in a pep band game and my buddy taught me this 😂

[jamesonrichards]

I believe everybody's got that time when they tried to take on a song that is way above their pay grade.
i remember going way to far and trying to play a transcript of wynton marsalis' improvised birthday song. i should've pushed it back till I knew my major scales at the very least, it was still fun learning experience.

[jazzman_]

That lick is also used in Wardel Gray's "Twisted blues", I love it...

[theweirdweeb]

Dang hot cross buns even back then was learned as the very first song

[a.j.st]

I had no idea you were in Birmingham a few weeks back, you should totally come to Tuscaloosa for Univ. of Alabama’s jazz department sometime 😂😂 anyway, I’m a massive fan of your work and take a lot of inspiration from you in my own sax playing.

[motto]

Children dont put false limits on themselves.

[bobert]

Honestly yeah the shit songs in a beginner's book puts so many off lmao

[vroomoon]

Shoot! You were at UAB?
I'm at UAH! Come on over!

[richiegomez]

I wonder how bird handled hot cross buns.

[TaylorSturdivant-epiq]

Only tuba player in my schools 5th grade band

[albertbrown]

Maybe the best? Absolutely the best! You have no idea whatsoever. I have been in the company of some the greatest saxophonist ever and let them tell it there will never be anyone close.Then comes Dolphy on alto. We already know who owns tenor .The Trane.

[TaylorSturdivant-epiq]

If your in band and don’t know what cross buns is as a ten year old wh9 taught you I started on trombone got 3 quarters the school year as a trombone then tuba as a ten year old 1 half of a quarter I’ve been playing tuba and better at tuba than trombone I’m still ten and still play tuba