{"id":589,"date":"2019-10-16T17:10:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T08:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sax.xsrv.jp\/aizen-wordpress\/?page_id=589"},"modified":"2020-01-04T00:20:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T15:20:05","slug":"aizenartist-24","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sax.co.jp\/en\/aizenartist-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimonial from Alec Haavik"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Testimonial from Alec Haavik<\/h2>\r\n

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\r\n\r\nMusic jumps out of the Aizen horn. It is easy to play the fingering\r\nis great and the horn has a strong sound in all registers. The sound\r\nhas integrity and holds its own, even when playing with drums or\r\nelectric instruments. The Aizen records well in the studio and mikes\r\nwell in live performances. Although I own a Selmer Mark VI, I\r\nconsistently choose to play my Aizen Jazz Master Tenor Saxophone.\r\n


\r\n The Aizen mouthpiece is superb — both powerful and subtle. It has big projection combined with emotional depth of tone, and perfect response with lots of character in every register.\r\n\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\tIt is at home in acoustic situations which call for a beautiful sound, and also has plenty of “kick” for loud and energetic musical situations. Its beautiful contours and Japanese engravings are a joy to behold!\r\n\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\tThe Aizen LS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece – 8
\r\n\t\t\ta Haiku poem\r\n\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\taltissimo soars with grace
\r\n\t\t\tlow notes sing sweetly
\r\n\t\t\tmid-register connects like silk\r\n

\r\n\t\t\tBiography<\/strong><\/font>\r\n\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\r\nShanghai music icon Alec Haavik performs on tenor and soprano sax,\r\npainting an interdimensional world of musical explosions. Melding\r\nmodern jazz, rock, and shamanism, Alec leads a fleet of ensembles\r\nknown as the \u30fb\uff7dgFriction Universe,\u30fb\uff7dh questioning the nature of jazz.\r\n

\r\nOriginally from New York City, Alec is now the most famous saxophone\r\nplayer in Shanghai. His bilingual (and humorous) discussions of jazz\r\ntechniques and history transported him to host \u30fb\uff7dgMore Than Jazz\u30fb\uff7dh, a TV\r\nshow for ICS \/ Shanghai, and lead jazz improvisation workshops for the\r\nSaxophone Society of Guiyang. Ever-expanding, Alec\u30fb\uff7dfs universe also\r\nincluded a performance at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center based on\r\nthe music of classical composers Messiaen, Schoenberg, and Bach.\r\n

\r\nFrom intergalactic to international, Alec has performed in jazz\r\nfestivals across China including many appearances at the Nine Gates\r\nFestival in Beijing and the JZ Festival in Shanghai. He has been a\r\nfeatured performer for lifestyle brands such as Mercedes Benz,\r\nCartier, and Ballantine\u30fb\uff7dfs. Alec has also been profiled by Lonely\r\nPlanet Television (Discovery Channel) and Shanghai ICS.\r\n

\r\nDuring a wild five-year residency at Shanghai\u30fb\uff7dfs JZ Club, Alec welcomed\r\nsuch powerhouse guests as singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, drummer Han\r\nBennink, and erhu virtuoso Ma Xiao Hui. While orbiting Shanghai, Alec\r\nhas performed with Mike Stern, Antonio Hart, and Chinese jazz legend\r\nLiu Yuan. Alec continues to perform with Taiwanese pop star Shunza\r\n(\u30fb\uff7dgHui Jia\u30fb\uff7dh).\r\n

\r\n2012 sent Alec to seven international jazz festivals, including Blues\r\nto Bop in Switzerland, where he premiered his original tune \u30fb\uff7dg42 Bus\u30fb\uff7dh\r\nas a big band ballad. Alec also appeared in the Daegu Jazz Festival in\r\nSouth Korea, and the Shenzhen Jazz Festival (China). Alec\u30fb\uff7dfs \u30fb\uff7dgFriction\r\nAlliance\u30fb\uff7dh CD landed this year; the trio pulses with rock-edged\r\noperatic jazz. The 15-minute anthem, \u30fb\uff7dgStep Into the Red Ball\u30fb\uff7dh was\r\nencapsulated as a video short for the aptly-titled ICS\/Shanghai show\r\n\u30fb\uff7dgEdge.\u30fb\uff7dh Rounding out 2012, Alec was featured on the CD \u30fb\uff7dgLive in China\u30fb\uff7dh\r\nby the jazz bassist David Friesen.\r\n

\r\nAlec\u30fb\uff7dfs primordial musical soup includes cello at age 5, trombone as a\r\nteenager (performing with guest soloist Branford Marsalis), and two\r\nrecording contracts as an \u30fb\uff7dgindie\u30fb\uff7dh rock artist. Alec received his\r\nMaster\u30fb\uff7dfs Degree in Jazz Performance at the Manhattan School of Music,\r\nwhere he studied with Dick Oatts and Mark Turner and performed and\r\nrecorded with schoolmate Jane Monheit.\r\n\r\n\t\t\t

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Testimonial from Alec Haavik Aizen Saxophones Music jumps out of the Aizen horn. It is easy to play the fingering is great and the horn has a strong sound in all registers. The sound has integrity and holds its own, even when playing with drums or electric instruments. The Aizen records well in the studio […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page2.php","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"87"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sax.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sax.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sax.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sax.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sax.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sax.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":899,"href":"https:\/\/sax.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/589\/revisions\/899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sax.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}