The Evolution of the Baritone Saxophone in Jazz History
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Julien Wilson: Improvisation and Timbral Manipulation on Selected Recordings with the Julien Wilson Trio
Edith Cowan University Research Online Theses : Honours Theses 2020 Julien Wilson: Improvisation and timbral manipulation on selected recordings with the Julien Wilson Trio Maximillian Wickham Edith Cowan University Follow this and additional works at: https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons Part of the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Wickham, M. (2020). Julien Wilson: Improvisation and timbral manipulation on selected recordings with the Julien Wilson Trio. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/1546 This Thesis is posted at Research Online. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/1546 Edith Cowan University Copyright Warning You may print or download ONE copy of this document for the purpose of your own research or study. The University does not authorize you to copy, communicate or otherwise make available electronically to any other person any copyright material contained on this site. You are reminded of the following: Copyright owners are entitled to take legal action against persons who infringe their copyright. A reproduction of material that is protected by copyright may be a copyright infringement. Where the reproduction of such material is done without attribution of authorship, with false attribution of authorship or the authorship is treated in a derogatory manner, this may be a breach of the author’s moral rights contained in Part IX of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Courts have the power to impose a wide range of civil and criminal sanctions for infringement of copyright, infringement of moral rights and other offences under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Higher penalties may apply, and higher damages may be awarded, for offences and infringements involving the conversion of material into digital or electronic form. -
1 the ERROL BUDDLE STORY (PART TWO) by Eric
THE ERROL BUDDLE STORY (PART TWO) by Eric Myers ______________________________________________________________ [The following appeared in two editions of Jazz Magazine, January/February, 1983 and May/June 1983.] At the conclusion of The Errol Buddle Story (Part One), Buddle was in the United States in 1954, leading his own quintet at Klein’s jazz club, Detroit. Other than Buddle the group included Barry Harris (piano), Pepper Adams (baritone sax), Major Holley (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums). On Saturday nights, Billy Mitchell (tenor sax) was booked for a three-way battle of the saxes. NOW READ ON… e used to get a lot of people sitting in at Klein’s,” Errol remembers , “Stan Getz used to come in some times. An unknown bass player, a young guy, used to “W come in and stand up in front of the bandstand, almost begging to sit in. His name was Paul Chambers [who later made historic recordings with Miles Davis.] I think he’d only been playing several months at that time.” Buddle remembers meeting Miles Davis himself when the trumpeter was at the Blue Bird Lounge, one of Detroit’s jazz clubs. Miles invited Errol and Don Varella up to his room, where the two Australians were fascinated to see about 40 paperbacks — all Westerns — lining the mantelpiece. They asked Miles why he liked cowboy stories. He replied: “Man, I love horses”, and explained that his father had bred horses on a ranch in the South. This was shortly before Miles Davis, in a supreme act of self-will, kicked the heroin habit. “Miles told us how he was really hooked on drugs”, says Errol, “that he didn’t dig heroin, and wanted to get off it.” One night Buddle had a choice between hearing the Stan Kenton band with Zoot Sims on tenor, or Charlie Parker, who was in Detroit for one night playing at a black dance. -
New Century Saxophone Quartet Press
New Century Saxophone Quartet Press KALAMAZOO GAZETTE Thursday, July 12, 2007 Saxophone ensemble shows off versatility By C.J. Gianakaris uesday in South Haven and Precise, synchronized playing Wednesday night at Brook Lodge T in Augusta, Fontana Chamber Arts was matched by a balanced presented the New Century blend … A total winner. Saxophone Quartet. Its playing of a wide range of works, by seven different By the last half of the concert, it composers, initiated the audience in the became clear that certain compositions musical possibilities of such ensembles. lend themselves more to saxophone sound The New Century features Michael than others. The first section of Astor Stephenson on soprano saxophone, Chris- Piazzolla’s marvelous “Histoire du topher Hemingway on alto saxophone, Tango,” arranged by Claude Voirpy, was Stephen Pollock on tenor saxophone and a total winner. Infectious tango rhythms Connie Frigo on baritone saxophone. worked well for saxes, as did tapping of After marching in while playing Bob the instrument’s body — a technique Mintzer’s invigorating “Contraption,” the heard often in Piazzolla’s music. ensemble turned to five selections from George Gershwin’s great American J.S. Bach’s “Art of the Fugue,” BMV opera “Porgy and Bess” also sounded 1080. Immediately impressive was the especially fine. Our ears are accustomed velvety aura emanating from different to hearing Gershwin played with soaring saxophones possessing varying ranges. reed instruments, clarinet or sax, Precise, synchronized playing was deliberately scored. So the sounds were matched by a balanced blend, suggesting warm and familiar. saxophones could present Bach’s works as well as other instruments. -
Johnny Hodges: an Analysis and Study of His Improvisational Style Through Selected Transcriptions
HILL, AARON D., D.M.A. Johnny Hodges: An Analysis and Study of His Improvisational Style Through Selected Transcriptions. (2021) Directed by Dr. Steven Stusek. 82 pp This document investigates the improvisational style of Johnny Hodges based on improvised solos selected from a broad swath of his recording career. Hodges is widely considered one of the foundational voices of the alto saxophone, and yet there are no comprehensive studies of his style. This study includes the analysis of four solos recorded between 1928 and 1962 which have been divided into the categories of blues, swing, and ballads, and his harmonic, rhythmic, and affective tendencies will be discussed. Hodges’ harmonic approach regularly balanced diatonicism with the accentuation of locally significant non-diatonic tones, and his improvisations frequently relied on ornamentation of the melody. He demonstrated considerable rhythmic fluidity in terms of swing, polyrhythmic, and double time feel. The most individually identifiable quality of his style was his frequent and often exaggerated use of affectations, such as scoops, sighs, and glissandi. The resulting body of research highlights the identifiable characteristics of Hodges’ style, and it provides both musical and historical contributions to the scholarship. JOHNNY HODGES: AN ANALYSIS AND STUDY OF HIS IMPROVISATIONAL STYLE THROUGH SELECTED TRANSCRIPTIONS by Aaron D. Hill A Dissertation Submitted to The Faculty of the Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Musical Arts Greensboro 2021 Approved by __________________________________ Committee Chair 2 APPROVAL PAGE This dissertation written by AARON D. HILL has been approved by the following committee of the Faculty of The Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. -
Charles Ruggiero's "Tenor Attitudes": an Analytical Approach to Jazz
Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2016 Charles Ruggiero's "Tenor Attitudes": An Analytical Approach to Jazz Styles and Influences Nicholas Vincent DiSalvio Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation DiSalvio, Nicholas Vincent, "Charles Ruggiero's "Tenor Attitudes": An Analytical Approach to Jazz Styles and Influences" (2016). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 1. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. CHARLES RUGGIERO’S “TENOR ATTITUDES”: AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO JAZZ STYLES AND INFLUENCES A Written Document Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in The School of Music by Nicholas Vincent DiSalvio B.M., Rowan University, 2009 M.M., Illinois State University, 2013 May 2016 For my wife Pagean: without you, I could not be where I am today. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would first like to thank my committee for their patience, wisdom, and guidance throughout the writing and revising of this document. I extend my heartfelt thanks to Dr. Griffin Campbell and Dr. Willis Delony for their tireless work with and belief in me over the past three years, as well as past professors Dr. -
Guide to Band and Orchestral Instruments
Mater Dei College Music Department GUIDE TO BAND AND ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS PICTURE INFORMATION ENSEMBLES SEE/HEAR IT The flute is part of the woodwind family. Flute Ensemble, http://www.yout FLUTE Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a Junior Concert ube.com/watch?v flute is a reedless wind instrument that Band, Senior =LI3wIHFQkAk&fe produces its sound from the flow of air Concert Band, ature=related across an opening. The flute produces a Solos and beautiful, light tone and is flexible enough Chamber to be used in many contexts and ensembles. Ensembles The clarinet is a very versatile instrument. It Clarinet http://www.yout CLARINET has three very distinctive ranges that it can Ensemble, Junior ube.com/watch?v produce. The lowest register is rich and Concert Band, =9CkK-LM6Oe0 hollow in sound. The middle register is Senior Concert smooth sounding. The upper register Band, Solos Jazz sounds thin and shrill. Band The oboe has been a favourite among Junior Concert http://www.yout BASS GUITAR composers for the last 300 years. The Band, Senior ube.com/watch?v appeal is the reedy sound which is good for Concert Band, =iy3V2Tl4g3s staccato melodies. The oboe unique and Swing Band one of the most interesting instruments to learn. The saxophone is a relatively recent Saxophone http://www.yout ALTO SAXOPHONE invention - it was created in the 1840's to Ensemble, Junior ube.com/watch?v bridge the tonal gap between lower Concert Band, =Ul5K9fVwsKI woodwind section and the low brass Senior Concert section. The saxophone - informally called Band, Solos Jazz sax - uses a reed in the mouthpiece, much Band like clarinets do. -
Printcatalog Realdeal 3 DO
DISCAHOLIC auction #3 2021 OLD SCHOOL: NO JOKE! This is the 3rd list of Discaholic Auctions. Free Jazz, improvised music, jazz, experimental music, sound poetry and much more. CREATIVE MUSIC the way we need it. The way we want it! Thank you all for making the previous auctions great! The network of discaholics, collectors and related is getting extended and we are happy about that and hoping for it to be spreading even more. Let´s share, let´s make the connections, let´s collect, let´s trim our (vinyl)gardens! This specific auction is named: OLD SCHOOL: NO JOKE! Rare vinyls and more. Carefully chosen vinyls, put together by Discaholic and Ayler- completist Mats Gustafsson in collaboration with fellow Discaholic and Sun Ra- completist Björn Thorstensson. After over 33 years of trading rare records with each other, we will be offering some of the rarest and most unusual records available. For this auction we have invited electronic and conceptual-music-wizard – and Ornette Coleman-completist – Christof Kurzmann to contribute with some great objects! Our auction-lists are inspired by the great auctioneer and jazz enthusiast Roberto Castelli and his amazing auction catalogues “Jazz and Improvised Music Auction List” from waaaaay back! And most definitely inspired by our discaholic friends Johan at Tiliqua-records and Brad at Vinylvault. The Discaholic network is expanding – outer space is no limit. http://www.tiliqua-records.com/ https://vinylvault.online/ We have also invited some musicians, presenters and collectors to contribute with some records and printed materials. Among others we have Joe Mcphee who has contributed with unique posters and records directly from his archive. -
Gerry Mulligan Discography
GERRY MULLIGAN DISCOGRAPHY GERRY MULLIGAN RECORDINGS, CONCERTS AND WHEREABOUTS by Gérard Dugelay, France and Kenneth Hallqvist, Sweden January 2011 Gerry Mulligan DISCOGRAPHY - Recordings, Concerts and Whereabouts by Gérard Dugelay & Kenneth Hallqvist - page No. 1 PREFACE BY GERARD DUGELAY I fell in love when I was younger I was a young jazz fan, when I discovered the music of Gerry Mulligan through a birthday gift from my father. This album was “Gerry Mulligan & Astor Piazzolla”. But it was through “Song for Strayhorn” (Carnegie Hall concert CTI album) I fell in love with the music of Gerry Mulligan. My impressions were: “How great this man is to be able to compose so nicely!, to improvise so marvellously! and to give us such feelings!” Step by step my interest for the music increased I bought regularly his albums and I became crazy from the Concert Jazz Band LPs. Then I appreciated the pianoless Quartets with Bob Brookmeyer (The Pleyel Concerts, which are easily available in France) and with Chet Baker. Just married with Danielle, I spent some days of our honey moon at Antwerp (Belgium) and I had the chance to see the Gerry Mulligan Orchestra in concert. After the concert my wife said: “During some songs I had lost you, you were with the music of Gerry Mulligan!!!” During these 30 years of travel in the music of Jeru, I bought many bootleg albums. One was very important, because it gave me a new direction in my passion: the discographical part. This was the album “Gerry Mulligan – Vol. 2, Live in Stockholm, May 1957”. -
Duke Ellington-Bubber Miley) 2:54 Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
MUNI 20070315 DUKE ELLINGTON C D 1 1. East St.Louis Toodle-Oo (Duke Ellington-Bubber Miley) 2:54 Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra. NY, November 29, 1926. 2. Creole Love Call (Duke Ellington-Rudy Jackson-Bubber Miley) 3:14 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. NY, October 26, 1927. 3. Harlem River Quiver [Brown Berries] (Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields-Danni Healy) Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. NY, December 19, 1927. 2:48 4. Tiger Rag [Part 1] (Nick LaRocca) 2:52 5. Tiger Rag [Part 2] 2:54 The Jungle Band. NY, January 8, 1929. 6. A Nite at the Cotton Club 8:21 Cotton Club Stomp (Duke Ellington-Johnny Hodges-Harry Carney) Misty Mornin’ (Duke Ellington-Arthur Whetsol) Goin’ to Town (D.Ellington-B.Miley) Interlude Freeze and Melt (Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields) Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra. NY, April 12, 1929. 7. Dreamy Blues [Mood Indigo ] (Albany Bigard-Duke Ellington-Irving Mills) 2:54 The Jungle Band. NY, October 17, 1930. 8. Creole Rhapsody (Duke Ellington) 8:29 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. Camden, New Jersey, June 11, 1931. 9. It Don’t Mean a Thing [If It Ain’t Got That Swing] (D.Ellington-I.Mills) 3:12 Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. NY, February 2, 1932. 10. Ellington Medley I 7:45 Mood Indigo (Barney Bigard-Duke Ellington-Irving Mills) Hot and Bothered (Duke Ellington) Creole Love Call (Duke Ellington) Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. NY, February 3, 1932. 11. Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington-Irving Mills-Mitchell Parish) 3:44 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. -
Adrian Rollini M M C – a Klasszikus
M������� M������ C������� a klasszikus jazz stílusjegyei Korb Attila Attila, a Bohémekhez egykor 13 évesen kerülõ harsonás, kornettes, zongorista, énekes a magyar jazzpaletta egyik legtehetségesebb figurája. Segítségével érthetõbbé válik a klasszikus jazz és más füllel hallgat majd zenét az olvasó. Kirkeby több néven is eladta a Ramblerst Nem tudom kikerülni, hogy megemlítsem, Adrian Rollini különbözõ lemezkiadóknak. Little illetve egyfajta párhuzamot vonjak Rollini Ramblers, Golden Gate Orchestra, Palace és a kiváló fekete tenor szaxofonos Cole- Garden Orchestra, Goofus Five az man Hawkins között. Hawkinst a swing- utóbbi Rollini egy különleges hangszerérõl szaxofonozás atyjaként tartják számon, s kapta a nevét. A goofus egy szaxofon- nevével bizonyára többen találkoztak, mint formájú melódika, ami harmónikaszerûen Rolliniéval. Mégis jogos a mostanában több hangot is meg tud szólaltatni. Érdemes többször felmerülõ vita, miszerint Rollini meghallgatni az 1927-es -t, játékmódja semmivel nem volt kisebb amiben Rollini elõször fütyül, majd goofus- volumenû, mint Hawkinsé. A korábbi Louis on is játszik. Természetesen basszusszaxo- Armstrong-cikkekben már említettem, hogy fonozást is hallhatunk, a szám elsõ felében Hawkins ebben az idõben (1923-tól) virtuózan egészít bele a szólóhangszerek Fletcher Henderson zenekarának tagja volt. játékába, teljesen kilépve a basszusfunk- Arról talán nem volt szó, hogy Hawkins cióból. Az utolsó tutti közepén egy 4 üte- nem csak tenorszaxofonozott, de klariné- mes breakben fültanúi lehetünk Rollini tozott és basszusszaxofonozott is a Hender- Adrian Rollini (1903-1956) Bix könnyed, de mégis folyamatosan zakatoló, son-zenekarban. Az 1925-bõl való Beiderbecke-hez hasonlóan zongo- swingelõ játékmódjának. De menjünk még ban képet kaphatunk Hawkins rista csodagyerekként kezdte karrierjét (sõt visszább az idõben, hiszen 1927 már bõven basszusszaxofonozásáról. -
Arkivförteckning Rune Gustafssons Arkiv
Rune Gustafssons arkiv Svenskt visarkiv April 2013 Leif Larsson INLEDNING Rune Gustafsson ( 1933 – 2012 ) hörde sedan början av 1950-talet till en av Sveriges allra främsta jazzmusiker. Han började sin karriär hos trumslagaren Nils-Bertil Dahlander i Göteborg men flyttade några år senare till Stockholm. Under nästan hela fortsatta 1950-talet spelade han där tillsammans med Putte Wickman. Rune träffade 1959 Arne Domnérus som han sedan samarbetade med i många olika sammanhang. Under ett par årtionden var Rune Gustafsson en av våra mest anlitade studiomusiker som genom sin mångsidighet och flexibilitet passade in i de flesta situationer. Rune Gustafsson har bakom sig en rad egna skivor, bl. a. ”Move” som belönades med Orkesterjournalens Gyllene Skiva. Han har även varit involverad i flera andra produktioner som tilldelats denna utmärkelse. Under åren har RG samarbetat med en rad av jazzens internationella storheter, såsom Benny Carter, George Russel, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz och Zoot Sims. Med den sistnämnde gjorde Rune två skivor, den sista ”In A Sentimental Mood” kom att bli Zoot Sims allra sista. Med sin mångsidighet har Rune också varit efterfrågad i många andra musikaliska sammanhang, både i Sverige och stora delar av världen, t.ex. Eng- land, USA, Sydamerika, Ryssland, Japan och Kina. 1997 erhöll Rune det allra första priset ur Albin Hagströms minnesfond i Kungliga musikaliska akademien med motiveringen: ”För en mer än fyrtiofemårig gärning som framstående jazzsolist och mångsidig studio musiker – en beundrad förebild och outtömlig inspirationskälla för generationer svenska elgitarrister. 1998 fick Rune Gustafsson Thore Ehrlings stipendium med motiveringen: ”En av de mångsidigaste musikerna inom svensk populärmusik och vår genom tiderna främste jazzgitarrist”. -
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