[babaorum]

Bach again :

(Jean-Denis Michat)

(Joël Versavaud, using circular breathing all music long)

 

[babaorum]

Bach, again and again :

(Delangle and Paoletti)

 

[CaneMutiny]

Hope this helps you on your way to becoming one.
The A TRAIN was running a bit slow that day and by the time I arrived at the music store the price was marked up from 50 to 60 cents.

Will post a nice quartet album link later.

 

[ratracer]

(ref post #20)

All three videos were excellent! Thanks for posting!


Have to admit to a near vertigo experience... the alto and soprano players in the Habanera Quartet were quite busy! Don't know how they stayed in their seats! 😁

 

[CarolinaJazz]

Thank you so much for all the fine music. I’m really enjoying it!

Hope this helps you on your way to becoming one.
The A TRAIN was running a bit slow that day and by the time I arrived at the music store the price was marked up from 50 to 60 cents.

Will post a nice quartet album link later.

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I have a long way to go before tackling this kind of music.

 

[CaneMutiny]

It's in your library now just waiting.
Can be written in easier notes and that's part of the ride when you put your horn to rest.

Ignore Debbie downers and participate.
Private lessons...
Hopefully with a competent Teacher/player.

Kindness
Compassion
.... and knowing how to get students up and running, is often lacking.
Ferrari or Slant Six brained students all need to learn to drive.

Most often heard comment, by the rich and famous in my yachting world was ......
"if my music teacher wasn't an xyzole,
I might have learned to play".
Then they bring a guitar, keys or trombone aboard and begin again.

 

[Rackety Sax]

It's a very long list. It looks like Fred Hemke hasn't been named yet and he can't be excluded.

If you like Bach, check out this recording by Chris Condon:

Rascher Quartet playing Bach:

Here's Thomas Giles performing the Brant Concerto: (Rascher's recording is also on youtube)

Here's Harry White playing the Larsson Concerto (first movement, other two are there also) - it's worth turning up the audio to hear his humorous anecdote at the start):

 

[CarolinaJazz]

Wow those are all great. I especially love the cello suite

EDIT: I’m really loving this classical music. I thought i was a jazz nut but since I discovered classical sax I just can’t get enough. Spotify has a Bach on sax playlist with tons of music on sax. I’ve always loved classical music and would love to play the viola but I have trouble with my shoulders so now I have a way to learn this beautiful music without being in pain.

 

[babaorum]

Here's a historical recording :

Michel Nouaux is the first saxophonist to have obtained the 1st Prize at the International Competition for Musical Execution in Geneva with Jacques Ibert's Concertino da Camera. He is still the only one to this day. Nouaux also designed the Selmer Mark VII and... the Selmer mouthpiece S80.

 

[babaorum]

Another 'historical' quartet : the "Quatuor Deffayet" playing the famous Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire (by Gabriel Pierné)

(Sop : Daniel Deffayet - Alto : Henri-René Pollin - Tenor : Jacques Terry - Baryton : Jean Ledieu)

 

[babaorum]

Daniel Deffayet (soprano) and Jacques Terry (tenor) playing Ravel's Bolero. They're directed by Karajan (he always asked for Deffayet when he needed a saxophonist).



(at 5 mn 30).

 

[babaorum]

The Bolero again, this time with Christophe Bois (soprano) and Philippe Braquart (Tenor) playing with the Paris Orchestra.

Christophe Bois teaches as an assistant of Claude Delangle at the Conservatory or Paris.
Philippe Braquart used to be an assistant of Delangle too.

Both played with the great Diastema quartet.

 

[babaorum]

Deffayet again, playing The Old Castle (by Mussorgsky)

 

[CarolinaJazz]

Deffayet again, playing The Old Castle (by Mussorgsky)

Really liked this one.

 

[mrpeebee]

Aurelia Saxophone Quartet.

Example on old Adolph Sax instruments:

Playlist YouTube:

 

[babaorum]

Here's a old reportage (1975) about classical saxophone. It's funny to watch. You can hear Deffayet at the beginning talking about the use of the vibrato, but also Mule and others. Funny how Deffayet used to play with a weird Selmer metal mouthpiece...
There are some images from inside the Selmer factory (I suppose they built Mark VI back then).

At 14 mn 20 you can watch my old teacher Jacques Desloges playing the soprano with his quartet.

 

[babaorum]

Here's a old reportage (1975) about classical saxophone. It's funny to watch. You can hear Deffayet at the beginning talking about the use of the vibrato, but also Mule and others. Funny how Deffayet used to play with a weird Selmer metal mouthpiece...
There are some images from inside the Selmer factory (I suppose they built Mark VI back then).

At 14 mn 20 you can watch my old teacher Jacques Desloges playing the soprano with his quartet.

There's also Paul Brodie, Iwan Roth, Harvey Pittel, Frederik Hemke... and even Phil Woods at the end of this video. Very entertaining to watch...

 

[babaorum]

Aurelia Saxophone Quartet.

Example on old Adolph Sax instruments:

Playlist YouTube:

Those old saxophones really have a nice sound.

 

[CarolinaJazz]

How does one do vibrato on saxophone? Something I will learn with time I suppose.

 

[Saxydude]

You should also check out Greg Banaszak, specifically his "Saxophone Concertos" album, some of which is available on YouTube. He studied with some of the giants mentioned above: Daniel Deffayet and Vincent "Jimmy" Abato. I'm biased because he was an instructor of mine and remains a friend and mentor, but I love his interpretations and tone. He also studied with Jackie McLean and has jazz chops for days.