A Conductor’s and Performer’s Guide to Steven Bryant’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone - Chester Jenkins

91 LULLOFF: Yeah, it’s a nice collection and top, what do you call it? There’s a name for a collector that’s not a collector…it’s…a preservationist. JENKINS: Hmm GOURWITZ: That’s true too. LULLOFF: I would say a preservationist. That’s who I would say just for the sense of preserving it for the art as much as anything. If not more so. And I find that attractive. Somebody who’s not just ‘I want to buy this saxophone to have. I want to buy this sax.’ I’m really interested in the historical value of the saxophone. This is the saxophone that Paul Brodie owned. He has a saxophone, a Grafton, a type that Charlie Parker played. Not the exact one. GOURWITZ: The exact one is in Kansas City. LULLOFF: But this then drives… GOURWITZ: Mines in perfect condition. LULLOFF:…I would hesitate to call it a serious hobby. But a very keen and strong and committed interest. And all these things I just share, sorry to take so long JENKINS: No, you’re fine LULLOFF: But to share this because these are all the same traits that I identify with. You know, when you meet somebody, you look for connections of how do we talk about something. You and your wife. Me and Janet. We have connections on things. We may not see eye to eye, but these are things that we build and we grow as individual characters. Well, this just made my interest to get to know this person, Howard Gourwitz, whom, I had no idea. He could have lived in Okemos, Michigan for all I could, but no he has his background. But then, when I heard about the marching band story. And actually, I read an article on this. There was an article in the Business Weekly…Lawyers Business Weekly, is that the correct one? GOURWITZ: Yeah, Lawyers Weekly. LULLOFF: Lawyers Weekly. That was told to the ‘T’. Interesting article you might want to check it out. Maybe I can scan it if you want, I’ve got a copy at home. JENKINS: Yeah, I’ll see if I can dig it up. GOURWITZ: Thank you. (to LULLOFF) Actually this is about you, not me. LULLOFF: No, no, no. It is about the Bryant. And it is about the commitment that we have to seeing projects through I think. Not to disagree with you.