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Tenor saxophone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. It is a transposing instrument, pitched in the key of B♭. It was the pioneering genius of Coleman Hawkins which lifted the tenor saxophone from its traditional role of adding weight to the ensemble and established it as a highly-effective melody instrument in its own right. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tenor_saxophone   (402 words)

Jerry Bergonzi Jazz Saxophonist/Teacher Tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi ranges style-wise from Joe Henderson on the first few selections to early John Coltrane on the later cuts. Tenor saxophonist Bergonzi's trio (Dan Wall, organ; Adam Nussbaum, drums) conveys a tough, business-like approach. Tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi may not enjoy the same “marquee” status as the Michael Breckers and Joe Lovanos; however, this distinguished Boston based tenor saxophonist can hang in there with the best of the lot. www.jerrybergonzi.com /reviews.htm   (999 words)

Harry Allen tenor saxophonist - reviews A tenor saxophonist out of the swing-to-bob Stan Getz school, Allen is a lyrical stylist who loves presenting a good melody and then adding his own beautifully constructed variations. Tenor Saxophonist Harry Allen plays with such a smooth tone, guitarist Peter Bernstein picks with such gentle suavity, Jake Hanna's drumming is so tight and organist Larry Goldings has such a butter-soft touch that Christmas in Swingtime almost lulled Herbie the Crabby Drunken Elf into thinking he liked Xmas music. Tenor man Scott Hamilton was one of the few who picked up the torch at that time, and he and a handful of other horn players have carried on the mainstream tradition tirelessly ever since. www.harryallenjazz.com /reviews2.html   (3641 words)

Jim Pepper, 50, Dies; A Tenor Saxophonist - New York Times Jim Pepper, a tenor saxophonist who was best known for writing the song "Witchi-Tai-To," died last Monday at home in Portland, Ore. He was 50 years old. Pepper, an aggressive saxophonist with a hard, crying tone, first came to New York in the early 1960's and began work with various members of the jazz avant-garde. He was encouraged early on by the saxophonist Ornette Coleman and frequently worked with the trumpeter Don Cherry, the saxophonist Dewey Redman and the drummer Paul Motian. query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3D8153CF934A25751C0A964958260   (188 words)

Saxophone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Two mouthpieces for tenor saxophone; the one on the left is for classical music; the one on the right is for jazz. The tenor in C, generally known as the C melody saxophone, became very popular among amateurs in the 1920s and early 1930s, because its players could read music in concert pitch (such as that written for piano, voice, or violin) without the need to transpose. Virtually all saxophones are transposing instruments: Sopranino, alto and baritone saxophones are in the key of E♭, and soprano, tenor and bass saxophones are in the key of B♭. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saxophonist   (5241 words)

Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Saxophonist Rollins, Sonny ROLLINS, SONNY [Rollins, Sonny] (Theodore Walter Rollins), 1930-, African-American tenor saxophonist and composer, b. A master of jazz improvisation, Rollins is known for his rich tone, emotional depth, and inventive use of melody, harmony, and rhythm. He worked as a saxophonist, comedian, and actor before becoming (1935) an assistant to director George Abbott. www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Saxophonist   (617 words)

Jazz News: Tenor Saxophonist Illinois Jacquet Passes The great tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet has just passed away in New York of heart failure this morning Thursday, July 22 around 2 A.M. Below are two bios... He was born in Louisiana, but his sound exemplified the “Texas Tenor” style, which is a no-nonsense style that uses a rich powerful tone and a lot of blues (it almost sounds like “stripper music” at times!). There is not an R&B tenor saxophonist, a blues, rock, or jazz tenorman who does not owe something of his sound or his bag of sonic tricks to Illinois Jacquet, who turned 78 in the year 2000 and continues to be one of the treasures of classic jazz. www.allaboutjazz.com /php/news.php?id=3922   (1440 words)

A History of Jazz Music Tenor Madness (may 1956), that borrowed Davis' quintet (Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, Philly Joe Jones on drums), offered a twelve-minute duel between Rollins and tenor saxophonist John Coltrane in Tenor Madness. The slow rise to prominence by tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson coincided with the rise to popularity of the musicians whose style he assimilated. At the turn of the decade the quintet and quartet sessions of Philadelphia's tenor saxophonist Benny Golson introduced a number of hard-bop talents, who benefited from Golson's talent in composing bluesy ballads. www.scaruffi.com /history/jazz13.html   (6149 words)

Drummerworld: Louis Hayes He started with tenor saxophonist, flautist and oboist Yusef Lateef who like Hayes is a Detroit native (other jazz luminaries hailing from the "motor city" include the Jones brothers, Elvin, Hank and Thad, guitarist Kenny Burrell, pianist Tommy Flanagan and many others). After the stint with Lateef, Hayes went on to rhythmically propel groups led by pianist Horace Silver, legendary saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and pianist Oscar Peterson. Saxophonist Javon Jackson and Abraham Burton, young trumpet titan Riley Mullins and other stellar players are among current members of the Louis Hayes Quintet. www.drummerworld.com /drummers/Louis_Hayes.html   (306 words)

Obituary: Jean-Baptiste 'Illinois' Jacquet / Legendary jazz, blues tenor saxophonist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet, a powerful-sounding tenor saxophonist whose legendary solo on Lionel Hampton's "Flying Home" set in motion a style for generations of young musicians, died Thursday in his New York home of a heart attack. Jacquet performed with saxophonists Hank Crawford, Ernie Watts and Nathan Davis during the 21st Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert. "He was a powerhouse tenor player capable of shaking the arena with one note," said Davis, who directs the jazz studies program at the University of Pittsburgh. www.post-gazette.com /pg/04207/351477.stm   (628 words)

Playing jazz for fun - interview of tenor saxophonist John Nugent - Interview Performing Arts & Entertainment in ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) Tenor saxophonist John Nugent was born in St. John's, Newfoundland. Hal: Your tone on the tenor is harder now, and I feel you have found your own voice, that distinctive sound. As a matter of fact this tenor I acquired just a few days ago is an old 1952 super balanced Selmer. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1319/is_n2_v31/ai_20348160   (889 words)

Sax on the Web > Common Transpositions for Saxophone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) By the time a young Saxophonist gets into high school he may be asked by his director to play from a part written for another (missing) instrument. A Tenor Saxophonist will not be asked to play a Piccolo part, for example, but may be asked to play a Cello part. The tenor clef is ignored, and a treble clef is substituted, along with a new key signature having two fewer flats, or two more sharps. www.geocities.com /harrir/saxophone/Common_Transpositions.html   (590 words)

Fred Hess Tenor Saxophonist Jazz Musician: How 'Bout Now With the horn, every single solo is a buffed-up gem, a mix of pinpoint precision and freewheeling elan; the band walks a line between freedom and control, counterpoint and unison sounds, elasticity and tight grooves. After two fine albums with his quartet (Ron Miles, Ken Filiano and Matt Wilson), tenor saxophonist Fred Hess has made it a quintet by adding alto saxophonist Mark Harris, and the result is the group's strongest album to date. Saxophonist Fred Hess shows no signs of caring about stardom or fame or any of the other forces that drive so many of his fellow musicians. net.indra.com /~fhmusic/HowBoutNow.html   (405 words)

PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Selected Artist Biography - Joe Lovano His father, tenor saxophonist Tony "Big T" Lovano, schooled him not only in the basics but in dynamics and interpretation, and regularly exposed him to jazz artists traveling through such as Sonny Stitt, James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Ammons, and Rasaahn Roland Kirk. While still a teenager, he immersed himself in the jam-session culture of Cleveland where organ trios were common and Texas tenor throw-downs a rite of passage. In high school, he began to absorb the free jazz experiments of Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, and Jimmy Giuffre, and was greatly affected by the interaction which occurred between the musicians. www.pbs.org /jazz/biography/artist_id_lovano_joe.htm   (688 words)

Tenor Saxophone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) During the decade, Coleman Hawkins appeared as the first important tenor saxophonist in jazz, grafting a full-bodied tone and advanced harmonic understanding onto Louis Armstrong’s rhythmic innovations (“swing”). The dominance of small combos that began in the mid 1940s proved to be a boon to the saxophone, especially the tenor. As a consequence, the tenor saxophone is held, in the popular mind, as the signature instrument of modern jazz. www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=238   (1024 words)

Tenor saxophonist's post-Columbus octet delights listener While a Columbus resident during the 1970s, tenor saxophonist Keith Henson rarely failed to make an impression. West Coast studio saxophonist Pete Christlieb is a boon on baritone, and guest shots by Henson's tenor sax-playing teachers Don Lanphere and Bert Wilson add a few high notes. McPherson is one of the finest exponents of the Charlie Parker tradition, and. home.earthlink.net /~keithhenson/dispatch.html   (627 words)

Andrew Rathbun | Saxophonist and Composer Toronto-born, New York-based saxophonist and composer Andrew Rathbun is in the forefront of a new generation of jazz innovators. There is a poetic and multi-dimensional quality to Andrew's music, which fellow saxophonist Joe Lovano has praised for its "warmth and beauty." In addition to his work as a leader, Andrew has recorded or performed with Luciana Souza, Eddie Gomez, John Abercrombie, Reggie Workman, Ingrid Jensen and many more. No newcomer to program-oriented work (see his previous discs) Rathbun continues to exhibit bold, imaginative musicianship on his fourth release, which plays out like an extended suite...he utilizes the fine players in his group to create a majestic yet subtle panorama of sounds and moods, some of which are entirely spontaneous. www.andrewrathbun.com /content.htm   (2436 words)

DEWEY REDMAN Tenor Saxophonist. Today, we're in the post-Coltrane era where a lot of saxophonists are still in the Coltrane genre," he says. Dewey joined Ornette's band where Redman's tenor playing was a perfect match for Ornette's alto. Redman could play as free as the leader but his appealing tone made the music seem a little more accessible and stayed for seven years travelling around the world and making some fantastic recordings. www.philbrodieband.com /muso_dewey_redman.htm   (1159 words)

Rifftides: Doug Ramsey on jazz and other matters The penultimate chorus that Mays wrote for the ensemble contained snatches of "Tenor Madness," "Buzzy" and "Honeysuckle Rose." The final shout chorus of counterpoint on the Parker themes concluded with the celebrated coda of Parker's 1947 Dial recording of "Scrapple From The Apple," the strings wrapping it up on a tremendous tremolo. Krall's piano solos throughout are eloquent and to the point, her singing warm and attuned to a selection of great songs. In addition, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, trumpeter Jim Rotondi, trombonist Steve Davis, pianist David Hazeltine, bassist John Webber and drummer Joe Farnsworth are a band, not just a bunch of guys thrown together to record. www.artsjournal.com /rifftides   (2695 words)

Amazon.ca: The Tenor Saxophonist's Story: Books: Josef Skvorecky,Caleb Crain,Kaca Polackova-Henley,Peter Kussi,Kaca ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) I own the rights to this title and would like to make it available again through Amazon. Acclaimed novelist Skvorecky (e.g., The Bride of Texas, LJ 2/1/96) combines his love of writing and of jazz in this story of an unnamed saxophonist whose overwhelming concern is to stay out of trouble. It's not surprising that the endearingly antiheroic young Czech (whose story resembles that of the author) steers clear of politics: the totalitarian regime has already expelled him from university because of suspected sympathy for the West. www.amazon.ca /Tenor-Saxophonists-Story-Josef-Skvorecky/dp/088001461X   (514 words)

John Stubblefield -- tenor saxophonist (07-12) 04:00 PDT New York -- John Stubblefield, a tenor saxophonist who worked with Mary Lou Williams, Charles Mingus, Tito Puente, Miles Davis, Anthony Braxton and Abdullah Ibrahim, among other jazz musicians, died July 4 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. Like the jazz and blues music he loved, he moved up the Mississippi River to Chicago, where he studied at the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians with its co-founder, Muhal Richard Abrams. Described by his fellow saxophonist Steve Slagle as a soulful preacher of jazz and blues, Mr. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/07/12/BAGUDDMK1U1.DTL&type=printable   (242 words)

Jazz Tenor Saxophonist Joe Lovano (a biography). Jazzlinks Network ! The place to read about Jazz Tenor Saxophonist Joe ... His father, tenor saxophonist Tony "Big T" Lovano, schooled Joe not only in the basics but in dynamics and interpretation, and regularly exposed him to jazz artists traveling through such as Sonny Stitt, James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Ammons, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. It features his tenor saxophone with voice, string and woodwind ensembles arranged and conducted by the legendary Gunther Schuller, in compositions by Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Gunther Schuller and Joe Lovano. The album finds Lovano investigating many of the popular melodies made famous by the Italian tenor, songs Joe's grandparents brought with them from Italy just after the turn of the century when Caruso was touring the world as the first international solo artist to do so. www.jazzlinks.net /joe-lovano.html   (2774 words)

NPR : Tenor saxophonist and composer, ELLERY ESKELIN NPR : Tenor saxophonist and composer, ELLERY ESKELIN Fresh Air from WHYY, December 3, 1996 · 2: Tenor saxophonist and composer, ELLERY ESKELIN. His father, Rodd Keith, (also known as Rod Rodgers) was killed when he was struck by cars on the Hollywood Freeway after leaping or falling from the Santa Monica Boulevard overpass. www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1109419   (208 words)

Saxophonist simply swings with new band - The Boston Globe Saxophonist simply swings with new band - The Boston Globe Chris Potter, not so quietly, has made a name for himself as a preeminent tenor saxophonist. In mid-February, the 33-year-old rolled through town with Dave Douglas's "Strange Liberation" quintet and thoroughly dazzled the Regattabar faithful with an arresting mix of passion, technique, and logic in his soloing. www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2004/06/04/saxophonist_simply_swings_with_new_band   (690 words)

Sonny Rollins Named Musician of the Year, Sonny Rollins Named Musician, Tenor Saxophonist of the Year at Jazz Awards - ... Sonny Rollins named musician, tenor saxophonist of the year at Jazz Awards The 75-year-old Rollins re-established himself at the top of the jazz scene during the past year with his Grammy-winning CD "Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert," his first live recording in nearly 20 years. Saxophonist Wayne Shorter's quartet, which earlier this year won the Grammy for jazz instrumental album for "Beyond the Sound Barrier" (Verve), was chosen the top small ensemble. www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/06/21/ap/entertainment/mainD8IC8VFG1.shtml   (674 words)

Eric Alexander - Tenor Saxophonist/Composer/Clinician and a robust melodic and harmonic imagination, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander brings a seasoned veteran's proficiency and poise to his latest recording, Nightlife in Tokyo. As he has on his four previous Milestone albums as a leader, the 34-year-old colossus-on-the-rise approached this new project with an assured and mature musical vision, gracefully sidestepping the novelties and trends that have come to the fore in so much contemporary jazz marketing. He started out on piano as a six-year-old, took up clarinet at nine, switched to alto sax when he was 12, and converted to tenor when jazz became his obsession during his one year at the University of Indiana, Bloomington (1986-87). www.ericalexanderjazz.com /bio.htm   (903 words)

'Dewey' Redman -- tenor sax player Tenor saxophonist Walter "Dewey" Redman, bandleader, lifelong musical associate of Ornette Coleman and father of local jazz musician Joshua Redman, died Saturday of liver failure, according to a family member. He was 75 and lived in Brooklyn, N.Y. Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Walter Redman took up clarinet in a church band at age 13. He first met Coleman, a saxophonist, when they played together in their high school marching band. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/07/BAGF5L0KI11.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea   (592 words)

Versatile Jazz Tenor Saxophonist Eli 'Lucky' Thompson Dies at 81 Eli "Lucky" Thompson, 81, a jazz tenor saxophonist of extraordinary range and command who turned reclusive in the 1970s and spent long periods living in his car and foraging for food, died July 30 at an assisted living facility in Seattle. His high school music instructor, a saxophonist, showed him how to finger the notes on the horn. The jazz saxophonist and scholar Loren Schoenberg once wrote: "When it was Thompson's turn in that same chair, he went out of his way to assert his preference for a more macho approach." www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080402090.html?nav=rss_metro/obituaries   (590 words)

Debra Ayers, CMC Artist-in-Resident and Concert Tenor Saxophonist James Houlik Perform 9/16 in Parachute, Colo. Debra Ayers, CMC Artist-in-Resident and Concert Tenor Saxophonist James Houlik Perform 9/16 in Parachute, Colo. (August 29, 2000 – Parachute, Colo.) Concert tenor saxophonist James Houlik will appear in concert with pianist Debra Ayers, Director and Artist-in-Residence of CMC’s Center for Excellence in the Arts on Saturday, September 16 at the Activity Center in Battlement Mesa. Joining him were jazz and pop saxophonist Kenny G and David "Fathead" Newman. www.coloradomtn.edu /info/releases/00/0829ParachuteConcert.html   (621 words)

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