Sometimes I wish I had fallen in love with the flute. It would be easier than carrying the 40-pound sax up and downstairs. But it motivates me to keep doing my squats and increasing upper body strength as my lower body function diminishes. So, engaging with sax is perfect for me. Using different parts of my brain, learning every day, keeping me humble, and spiritually strong. Are you still playing the baritone sax? is a spot-on personal health outcome for me. So merry holidays everyone. I hope you have a musical season Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or download the printable transcript here Contents with Time-Stamped Headings to listen where you want to listen or read where you want to read (heading. time on podcast xx:xx. page # on the transcript) Falling into the Sax 00:55. 1 Engaged with Sax – First round 03:21. 1 Improv for music and health 04:12. 2 From virtuoso, Al Gallodoro, to Herb’s Heard, the Big Band 06:18. 2 Amateurs with Professionals in Music and Health 09:26. 3 Humbled with Lechuga Fresca, Latin Band 12:41. 3 Reflections on a Merry Holiday 15:38  4 Please comments and ask questions at the comment section at the bottom of the show notes on LinkedIn via email DM on Instagram or Twitter to @healthhats Credits Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, New Orleans Drummer, Composer Christmas Jazz Music I Instrumentals & Vocals I No Copyright Music Sponsored by Abridge Thanks to these fine people who inspired me for this episode: Dan Fox, Jeff Harrington, Glen Alto, Peter Cicco, Andrea Condit, Betsy Cowan, Bruce Hoppe, Joey van Leeuwen, Josh Rosenstock, Leni Webber, Karen Welling, Harry Wolfson, Carol Band, Eric Solomon, Larry Mazza, Kristina Johnson, Jon Fraser, Ryan Vasios, Stephen DeBenedictis, Sara Lorraine Snyder, Amy Faeskorn Links Geri Lynn Baumblatt the Association for Patient Experience Newsletter entitled Engaged with Sax Al Gallodoro playing Summertime on YouTube Jeff Harrington Dan Fox's Morningside Studios Lechuga Fresca tunes Related podcasts https://health-hats.com/engaged-with-sax/ https://health-hats.com/sounding-like-yourself/ https://health-hats.com/improvisation/ https://health-hats.com/amateurs-among-professionals About the Show Welcome to Health Hats, learning on the journey toward best health. I am Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged, old, cisgender, white man with privilege, living in a food oasis, who can afford many hats and knows a little about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. Most people wear hats one at a time, but I wear them all at once. I'm the Rosetta Stone of Healthcare. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life's realities in the awesome circus of healthcare. Let's make some sense of all this. To subscribe go to https://health-hats.com/ Creative Commons Licensing The material found on this website created by me is Open Source and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution. Anyone may use the material (written, audio, or video) freely at no charge. Please cite the source as: ‘From Danny van Leeuwen, Health Hats. (including the link to my website). I welcome edits and improvements. Please let me know.