"Cry Me A River" Recorded live by Deep Blue at Montreal's House of Jazz

Johnny Beaudine and Deep Blue - House of Jazz - Work Song

Here's our version of "Work Song". We've now had over 11,400 views! Thanks!

Our video of Nat Adderley's "Work Song" the video also features some great shots of Montreal and a very unique view of the House of Jazz. The video came to us in a very unusual way.

Ever hear this one?

An Irish TV producer walks into a bar…
Well one did. He was doing some shooting in Montreal and happened into the House of Jazz. He loved our band and shot some video of Deep Blue and the club. He returned a few days later and gave us this video on a key.


We'll be at the House of Jazz this Monday, 7:30-11 PM and we'll play "Work Song" and a bunch of other good stuff. Come on down and join us!

Recorded Live at the House of Jazz Montreal, Deep Blue plays
Benny Golson's great hard bop tune, "Whisper Not"

Saxophone and Jazz Lessons in Montreal by Johnny Beaudine

Jazz improvisation and Saxophone lessons given by Chicago blues and jazz veteran. 

For the last year or so I've been teaching saxophone and Jazz. I'm happy to say I enjoy teaching and the satisfaction it brings from seeing my students improve.

Here's the text for my teaching ad.

Learn to play sax and improvise jazz and blues from a working professional. If you can already play clarinet, trumpet or flute I can teach you to improvise. 

Learn to Improvise – My students follow a proven method to learn to master the saxophone or other brass and reed instruments  and train the ear and the mind to hear and improvise jazz and blues solos. 

I learned jazz/blues/R&B in Chicago’s Legendary South Side Blues clubs and I’ll give you a deeper understanding of the jazz and blues tradition. 

Beginner - Intermediate - Advanced, adult students welcome. 

Located in the Plateau or, I can come to you. 

Johnny Beaudine

Contact me at: Johhnyb57@gmail.com

Here's a new video recorded live at Montreal's House of Jazz. Our very unique version of "Comin'Home Baby"

From the Montreal Gazette

Seven Days, Seven Nights: From big city blues to loving cityscapes

RICHARD BURNETT, SPECIAL TO MONTREAL GAZETTE

Monday, Jan. 26

Chicago native and old-school tenor/soprano saxman Johnny Beaudine headlines the downtown House of Jazz tonight with his band Deep Blue, featuring pianist Peter Mika, bass player Ben Comeau and drummer Jeffrey Simons.

“What we’re doing here is a kind of blues/jazz I used to see in Chicago,” says Beaudine, who learned to play the harp from his mentors Junior Wells and James Cotton. “Lesser known than the electric Chicago blues scene, which I was a part of, this music is more upscale, with jazz and R&B influences, but was very popular in the black community. I used to hear this music in black clubs like the Burning Spear and the Tropical Hut. More Ray Charles, early Lou Rawls, with touches of Sonny Stitt and Gene Aamons, two of my saxophone heroes. I wanted to do this for years, but you have to have a really good band to even attempt it. Now we do.”

Deep Blue headlines the House of Jazz (2060 Aylmer St.) every Monday night from 7:30 to 11. Admission: $10. Details: 514-842-8656 or www.houseofjazz.ca.

Johnny Beaudine and Deep Blue - Soprano Sax

As many of you know, I play the soprano sax. My horn is very special, it's a King, made in the late 1920's. It has a very unique sound, at times like a clarinet and other times a bit like a trumpet.
Over the last few years I many hours of practice with that horn to be able to use that sound in blues and especially, jazz. I love the way it fits in with Deep Blue.

I was watching a DVD today and Kenny G showed up.  I wondered, "How many people learned to hate the soprano sax from being forced to listen to Kenny G.

My new slogan: "Johnny Beaudine, taking the soprano sax back from Kenny G".