I had to great thrill and honor of auditioning with Tower Of Power about 20 years ago.
I remember quite clearly one of the songs we played was Soul Vaccination. I was reading the lead tenor chart and, man, all those syncopated notes just looked like dots flying by; it was really hard to read. I should have just played it from heart; after all, I've heard the tune about 10,000 times.
I still love listening to it! Everybody get in line!
That's Norbert Stachel playing lead tenor. I think he's the guy that got the gig on that audition. If so, I can see why they hired him - he's smokin'!
Check out his use of the flat 13 at about the 2:15 point. That's not the way Lenny Picket played it but I love it!
Enjoy!
I remember quite clearly one of the songs we played was Soul Vaccination. I was reading the lead tenor chart and, man, all those syncopated notes just looked like dots flying by; it was really hard to read. I should have just played it from heart; after all, I've heard the tune about 10,000 times.
I still love listening to it! Everybody get in line!
That's Norbert Stachel playing lead tenor. I think he's the guy that got the gig on that audition. If so, I can see why they hired him - he's smokin'!
Check out his use of the flat 13 at about the 2:15 point. That's not the way Lenny Picket played it but I love it!
Enjoy!