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Ernie Watts

Ernie Watts on not doubling

July 23, 2022January 24, 2012 by Bret Pimentel

Check out this blog post by Helen over at the Bassic Sax blog for some thoughts from saxophone great Ernie Watts about the downside of doubling.

At some point, you end up in a mush of mediocrity.

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