Well Tony,

You just told me that your sax man probably cannot play the greatest ballad ever written as far as I am concerned for any sax, "Body And Soul." Oh and "Darn That Dream" too!! But "Darn That Dream" is in G and the bridge changes key to Eb. If you can play the melody to this tune you should be able to learn any melody to any tune. No kidding.

Body and Soul along with I Cover The Waterfront are the two most prominent tunes that I can think of that is originally written in the key of Db.

Boy was I proud when I went to play with an older group of msicians in the French Quarters in New Orleans in about 1960 or there about and they asked, hey Boo can you do Body and Soul?, and I said yes. They thought that I was to young to play that tune. I told them "The Bird" could probably play that tune when he was 3 or 4 years old.

Oh there are others "Round Midnight" etc. I try to play all of the hardest ballads on my Tenor. I enjoy the struggle and challenge of learning these tunes. I just have trouble improvising on the stuff you can't even tap you foot on for more than one bar.

Tell your sax man even if he plays "Body and Soul in another key to play it every day for a few choruses for a month in Db and he will even surprise himself at how much better he will be able to improvise in Db.