Saxophone Listening List
Saxophone Meadow View Listening List
Listening to great musicians is an essential part of learning how to be a great musician. In the Meadow View Band, you will have the opportunity to listen to some professionals on your instrument throughout the year. It is the hope this will inspire you to be a better musician yourself and will allow you to discover other great musicians who you enjoy listening to. You can listen to these musicians any way you choose. Many students will simply listen to recordings of a particular musician using YouTube, but you might consider other services such as Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon Prime Music if they are available. Of course, many professional musicians have music for sale on CD or digitally. Some of the suggested performers on the list below may be difficult to find a recording of, but there are plenty of options. If you are not sure which one to listen to, just pick one! Please be sure to listen to an artist from the list on the back. When listening to ensembles that have clarinets in them, you may find quite a few excellent ensembles that are not on the suggested list. Feel free to listen to groups that are not listed. Listening Assignments
Listening Assignment #1: Listen to a Classical Saxophone Player from the list below Listening Assignment #2: Listen to a Classical Saxophone Player from the list below Listening Assignment #3: Listen to an ensemble from the list below Listening Assignment #4: Listen to a Classical Saxophone Player from the list below Listening Assignment #5: Listen to a saxophone player from the Jazz list below Listening Assignment #6: Listen to a saxophone player from the Jazz list below Listening Assignment #7: Listen to an ensemble from the list below Listening Assignment #8: Listen to recordings of your band pieces Listening Assignment #9: Listen to a saxophone player from the Jazz list below Listening Assignment #10: Listen to a Classical Saxophone Player from the list below Listening Assignment #11: Listen to recordings of your band pieces Listening Assignment #12: Listen to a Classical Saxophone Player from the list below
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Suggested Performers
Classical Saxophone Players: Marcel Mule, Sigurd Rascher, Eugene Rousseau, John Harle, Arno Bornkamp, Amy Dickson, Jess Gillam, Donald Sinta, Otis Murphy, Claude Delangle, Timothy McAllister, Clifford Leaman (with the Ambassador Duo), Tom Walsh, Nobuya Sugawa, Ed Fraedrich, Harvey Pittel
Jazz Saxophone Players: SOPRANO SAX – Sidney Bechet, Jane Ira Bloom, John Coltrane, Joe Farrell, Steve Grossman, Christine Jensen, David Liebman, Steve Lacy, Chris, Potter, Wayne Shorter
ALTO SAX – Cannonball Adderley, Craig Bailey, Gary Bartz, Arthur Blythe, Richie Cole, Ornette Coleman, Steve Coleman, Paul Desmond, Eric Dolphy, Lou Donaldson, Paquito D’Rivera, Kenny Garrett, Herb Geller, Bunky Green, Jimmy Greene, Antonio Hart, John Jenkins, Christine Jensen, Eric Kloss, Lee Konitz, Charlie Mariano, Jackie McLean, Roscoe Mitchell, Frank Morgan, Lanny Morgan, Lennie Niehaus, Greg Osby, Charlie Parker, Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Steve Slagel, Jim Snidero, James Spaulding, Sonny Stitt, Bobby Watson, Steve Wilson, Phil Woods, John Zorn
TENOR SAX – George Adams, Eric Alexander, Gene Ammons, Bob Berg, Jerry Bergonzi, Don Braden, Michael Brecker, Gary Campbell, George Coleman, John Coltrane, Junior Cook, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Bill Evans, Joe Farrell, Bud Freeman, Chico Freeman, Von Freeman, George Garzone, Stan Getz, Benny Golson, Paul Gonsalves, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Steve Grossman, Eddie Harris, Coleman Hawkins, Joe Henderson, Illinois Jacquet, Clifford Jordon, John Klemmer, Ralph Lalama, Harold Land, Pat LaBarbera, Azar Lawrence, Dave Liebman, Charles Lloyd, Joe Lovano, Rick Margitza, Branford Marsalis, Wayne Marsh, Bob Mintzer, Hank Mobley, James Moody, Rich Perry, Billy Pierce, Chris Potter, Dewey Redman, Joshua Redman, Sonny Rollins, Pharoah Sanders, Larry Schneider, Archie Shepp, Wayne Shorter, Zoot Sims, Sonny Stitt, Stanley Turrentine, Benny Wallace, Ben Webster, Walt Weiskopf, Lester Young
BARITONE SAX – Pepper Adams, Nick Brignola, Harry Carney, Serge Chaloff, Ronnie Cuber, Charles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Leo Parker, Pat Patrick, Cecil Payne, Sahib Shihab, Gary Smulyan
Notable Saxophone Ensembles: Duo Gaulin-Riverin, PRISM Quartet, 29th Street Saxophone Quartet, Quatuor Habanera, Donald Sinta Quartet, Rascher Saxophone Quartet, Rova Saxophone Quartet, World Saxophone Quartet