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.
boo ... "Body and Soul" is one of HIS favorite songs as well ... and YES he plays it in the original key, as he does all the great jazz tunes ... unfortunately, not being a jazz player, I do not play those tunes with him ... he has other outlets for his jazz playing ...the problem with "The Way You Look Tonight" is that when we played it with 'the band' back in the day, our vocalist sang it in Eb ... all was fine ... now, we only get together once or twice a year to play and "TWYLT" is not a song he generally plays, so not being that familiar with the chord progression he 'opted out' ...
He actually really enjoys ad-libing on "Body and Soul"
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