I had a very inspirational tenor sax teacher, Darryl Walters, when I was at school and out of respect for Darryl I feel really guilty if I don’t pick up the instrument once in a while. I usually get my fix playing a Yamaha WX-5 midi windcontroller – a perfect solution

for the somewhat congested living conditions in Taiwan, since I can play it silently over headphones. As work on "Smoke" progressed, the track just begged for some of the real thing, so I thought I'd brush up on some tenor licks.