Thanks for visiting the new home of Al "Jazzman" King !  Turn your computer speakers on to listen to some of  Jazzman's music

UPdate September 2009:I will be playing September 13th from 4-7 at the "Jammin in the Park" series Open Jam Sessions at the Marion Oaks Community Pavilion, a wonderful event that helps bring the community together while promoting Salsa and Jazz, I will be hosting a Jazz open mic night at the Rainbow Springs State Park on September 19th at 8:30 pm. Come out and enjoy a beautiful night of Jazz in one of the most beautiful State parks in Florida. If you have a Jazz act, come and join in the open mic portion of the show. I will also be performing at "Jazz Up Dunnellon" again this year. (see calander)

 

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  I am currently using my wind synthesizer to control my Triton Extreme Keyboard and I am interested in joining a band in the Ocala Florida area. I feel it will be much easier to find a good band if I can offer keyboard as well as all the wind instruments. I will play backup blues and jazz on the keyboard and Sax, Trumpet, Flute, and Organ solos as required. I want to play Jazz, Blues, R&B, and classic Rock in Ocala.  I want to find a real good professional band to work with. I will be posting examples of my keyboard music on this site soon.    AK

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The 2009 Jacksonville Jazz Festival was Excellent. I was honored to play and really enjoyed the experience. There were 2 big stages and two small ones. I played on one of the smaller ones but the crowd was everywhere and they really appreciate good Jazz. The Headliners are too numorous to mention but go to WWW.jaxjazzfest.com  for info and upcoming events. My favorites were Chris Botti and Rick Braun with Jazz Attack. I spent 2 days at the Festival and listened to so many good bands. It humbled me. A great festival not to be missed next year.

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Al King has been playing music all his life, starting with Trumpet at the age of eight. Al played trumpet in marching and concert bands in Elementary through High School. After graduation, he got interested in Rock and Blues and started playing those genres while attending two years of college. He auditioned for a working road band from NYC and became the ninth member and the lead trumpet player for a band called Wizardry. After touring with this band and others for four years, Al decided to join the Navy as an Electronics Technician specializing in RADAR. He never put down his horn and continued playing in ship's bands and finally ended up stationed in Italy for four years. Al's work took him to many countries in Europe. He had the unique opportunity to play in over 150 USO concerts and played in many late night jazz clubs. This is where Al honed his Improvisational skills and defined himself as a jazz musician. After leaving the NAVY, Al continued to work for the Navy but travel was a strain on his trumpet playing. He decided to find an instrument that didn't require lip training and operated by just blowing into it. He found the Yamaha WX-5 wind synthesizer, coupled with the Yamaha VL70M tone generator with Patchman's Music's acoustic instruments chip. This allows Al to play 256 different instruments using this MIDI controller. Al has developed a one man show comprised of sets of background music while playing leads and solos using the WX-5. Al has most recently purchased an AKAI EWI-4000s and is playing this also. Al lives in the Ocala Florida area and is currently interested in joining a good band. Feel free to contact me via email (see Contact Us above) and I will provide my phone number upon request.

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Playlist

 

The player at the bottom of the page will automatically start playing the music in the order listed below but you may use the foward and reverse buttons to pick the selection of interest. All leads played by Jazzman using a Yamaha WX-5 Wind Controller, a Yamaha VL70M tone generator, a Roland XV-2020 tone generator, an MFC-10 foot controller (instrument selection), and both tone generators having Patchman Music's Turbochip providing amazingly realistic acoustic instrument sounds.

 I Remember   Jazzman weaves a tapestry of trumpet color in this spacey tune

 Hip Hop Jazz  Jazzman emulates Trumpet, Flute, and Muted Trumpet in this bouncy Jazz Tune using the WX-5

 Killer Joe      Jazzman emulates Trumpet and Hammond Organ using WX-5 Wind Synthesizer. It demonstrates how Jazzman can play two instruments at a time or switch between the two, LIVE on stage.
 

 

 Al's Improv  Jazzman emulates Flute and demonstrates improvisational technique

 

 Easy Groove  Jazzman again emulates Flute in this tune that was featured in the worldwide 2003 Wind Synth Compilation CD "Spirit of the Wind"

 

  

 Shelbi  Jazzman emulates Sax in this smooth jazz tune and demonstrates the 
  Wind Synthesizer's exceptional octave range

 

Boyz Night Out   Jazzman emulates Trumpet here and shows the flexibility and smooth octave changes that the WX-5 Wind Synth is capable of

 

Girl from Ipanema    Jazzman adds the Flute to this classy standard
 

 

 Satin Doll Jazzman plays Trumpet on this standard
 

 

When a Man Loves a Woman Jazzman adds the sax lead to this classic belly rubber

 

 Green Tomatoes Jazzman plays Trumpet and joins sax for some up tempo unison parts

   

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        

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