[dorlz]

hi all, i recently became exposed to some hardcore new orleans classical themes,
and i'm looking for some more new orleans famous masterpieces that is good to play on alto saxophone.

so toss everything you got!

 

[TonyM]

Do you mean Louis Gottschalk or Lee Allen?

 

[MartinMusicMan]

uh ... yeah ... exactly what do you mean by "new orleans classical themes"? New Orleans jazz, R&B, rock, funk or something entirely different?

 

[Dave Dolson]

Yeah, what he said . . . New Orleans-style jazz, classical music played by New Orleans-based classical saxophone players, written music, recorded examples? If you mean real New orleans jazz from the original-jazz era, look for recordings by Sam Morgan's band, Papa Celestin's Tuxedo Orchestra, Jelly Roll Morton' Red Hot Peppers with Stomp Evans on alto, just for starters. Also Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra and Jabbo Smith's bands from 1929 used a lot of alto saxophone. DAVE

 

[dorlz]

Mainly new Orleans funk

 

[MartinMusicMan]

Everybody does Cissy Strut. Is this what you're looking for?

Check out the entire Meters catalogue.

 

[TonyM]

I'd say check out the entire Meters catalogue if there's a 'y' in the day. But, on a more helpful note, appreciating that you can't reasonably be expected to listen to the entire Meters catalogue every day, you might want to bookmark this and dip in as required:

http://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/

Funk it up, my friend.