Johnny Slash Quotes

I get frustrated by [my instruments’] limitations,” says Peter Hess, a multi–winds player. “Some of them I’m still just trying to beat into submission; and others I’m trying to push their boundaries—specifically alto saxophone. I really want it to be an analog synth, and have that cutting sine wave power that could slash through anything and make one note be everything, because I don’t love that sound. Does anyone really love the sound of the alto saxophone? Unless it’s Johnny Hodges. So rather than ‘tired of them,’ I’m trying to make them really, really speak.