From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V13 #74 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, May 20 2009 Volume 13 : Number 074 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Mackay's Hard Grafton [leesullivanart ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 09:35:54 +0100 From: leesullivanart Subject: [AVALON] Mackay's Hard Grafton Some new photos on Mackay's Metaphors site (http://www.themetaphors.com) taken at the Pigalle; this one (below) featuring the Emperor Himself holding an ultra-rare vintage Grafton plastic sax, a sight not seen by me since FYP publicity days. I didn't see him play it either at the gig I attended and it's probably too valuable and fragile to be played live anyway, but my, it looks so cool. Charlie Parker and Ornette Coleman played them in the 50s http://www.themetaphors.com/images/uploads/MET.0302.jpg He surrounds himself with pulchritude of other kinds, as can be seen here: http://www.themetaphors.com/images/uploads/MET.0326.jpg the Met's gorgeous and well-reviewed album is available through the site and is a snip at 5 pounds sterling plus p&p. Mackay has recently been addressing them personally too! See Steve Howard's marvellous sax site for further reading and a better look at this iconic horn: http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk/Reviews/Saxes/Alto/Grafton_alto.htm Salut! Lee S ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V13 #74 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest