Saxophone

The two styles I chose to discuss are bebop jazz and hard bop jazz. Bebop jazz was created in the early 1940’s and consisted of a smaller ensemble of musicians than the previous big bands of the swing era. The typical instruments used were the saxophone, piano, drums, trumpet, and bass. The style was characterized by complex chord progressions and melodies with a strong focus on the rhythm section (A History Of Jazz, n.d.). The groups of bebop would play together at the beginning and the end of…

group there were many performers with different instruments: Domenic Dalpez (baritone saxophone) , Jesse Crosson (trombone) , Aaron Smith (trumpet) , Randy Sandoli (piano) , Molly Redfield (bass) , Devan Kortan (guitar) , and Cameron Womack (drums). The songs that they played were: “Synchronous Dance”, “Untill We Meet Again”, and “On Our Way.” The performers from The Kandinsky Effect were: Warren Walker (saxophone and effects), Gael Petrina (bass and effects), and Caleb Dolister (drums) and they…

One of the most important items in my life is my instrument, the alto saxophone. Pressing down different keys, playing different melodies, making different sounds, makes playing the saxophone so interesting and fun to play. I’ve played the instrument since the 6th grade, and I still get enjoyment out of using it However, the reason why I like the saxophone is not primarily because I love to play the instrument, but rather because I get to be in band because of it. Since moving to Michigan, most…

first started with the drums and became uninterested and then began with the piano and the same thing happened and the best choice I ever mad was choosing to play the saxophone. I started playing the saxophone since I was 10 but stopped for two and half years because school got in the way but I also got lazy in playing my saxophone. A year ago I started playing again and I felt as if I just picked up where I left off which was amazing since I thought leaving my instrument for two years I would…

darkness, the creation of trees, plants insects, birds and beasts 4) Man and woman created 5) The desire of man and woman 6) The closing section (Coda), the man and woman kiss The first section features a legato saxophone. The second is a jazz fugue played by double bass, trombone, saxophone and trumpet. The third section returns to the opening melody, played by flute…

and the title of the concert is “Experimental Improvisation with: Kjell Nordeson & Peter Kuhn”. The concert was performed in Mesa College Music building. Peter Kuhn had three instruments with him a bass clarinet, saxophone, and a Bb Clarinet. He used the bass clarinet and the saxophone during his first piece, and the clarinet on the second piece. Kjell Nordeson was on the drum but had a lot of instruments with him. Sometimes he would play the drums as a drums set but sometimes he would put some…

this film, a melodic solo saxophone, and dissonant trumpets over rhythmic drums. The sighing of the solo saxophone evokes the lonely melancholy of an individual alienated from the bigger environment he dwelled in. With the smooth, jazzy tones from the eight-bar sax, it also complements the night glamour of the New York City’s urban terrain. When we see Travis on his yellow cab passing through the various neighborhood of this fascinating city, the mellow echo of the saxophone just devours all the…

automatically gets put into “concert band,” the lower of the bands in high school. Halfway through freshman year, I switched to playing the tenor saxophone. I switched a couple different reasons, one being that I had a better chance of moving up to the higher band since there were less tenors. The second reason was because I wasn’t the only girl saxophone anymore. I had been the only girl since fifth grade so this was a huge change for me. My tenor has been my baby every since. It is a grey…

friends have decided on playing, and what instrument they think is really cool. I made the decision to play the saxophone in the fifth grade and that is now my major in college. That decision was obviously fairly profound in shaping what my life has become today. I was able to teach two young girls through the AWB organization who had also made the choice to begin playing the saxophone. These girls have begun to explore who they are and what they like through this decision. They may not be…

Benny Golson, Desfinado by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Everybody wants to be a Cat by Robert and Richard Sherman, Ballade de Papillon by Jeff Arbisi, and One for Trane by Mickey Bass were played. The Marko Combo consisted of Kevin Buck and Jeff Arbisi on saxophone, Catherine Jun on Piano, Sam Tedeschi on Bass, and Austin Gannon on drums. During the Nolan Combo, the songs of Joshua by Victor Feldman, Parisian Thoroughfare by Bud Powell, ‘Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk, I’m Not So Sure by Cedar…