| 单词 | saxophone |
| 例句 | He would wait until everyone was asleep, then take out Michael’s gold saxophone, and start blowing, sometimes for hours. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A couple of years before, he’d hit the numbers and bought a saxophone. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I put it on and Eddie handed me my saxophone for the very first time. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z On Friday and Saturday nights, to pay his tuition and help with the home finances, he played saxophone and clarinet in a swing band, the Blue Lyres, he had started in high school. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Was this the only true history of the times, a mood blared by trumpets, trombones, saxophones and drums, a song with turgid, inadequate words? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The kicking increased in tempo, and I thought of Amaka s music, her culturally conscious music that sometimes started off with a calm saxophone and then whirled into lusty singing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The jazz keeps coming from the TV room, but it's a different time now, and a saxophone starts wailing. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Nico opens another box and starts to demonstrate by playing “Mary Had a Little Lamb” using the keyboard, and it sounds exactly like a saxophone. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Cool Papa never called it a harmonica, although sometimes he called it a Mississippi saxophone. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z It was Open Mike Friday and I’d shown up with my saxophone case in one hand and a folded-up poem in the other. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He practiced his saxophone and listened to records. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we went out, he opened his saxophone case and showed me the hom. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And he has this old saxophone from high school that he keeps all clean and shiny, like he’s going to join a band at any moment. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived--no thin five-piece affair but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Quickly we found up for sale in Phoenix the home of the saxophone player, Louis Jordan. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Gregor tried to remember the tune so he could play it for his dad on his saxophone. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z All night the saxophones wailed the hopeless comment of the "Beale Street Blues" while a hundred pairs of golden and silver slippers shuffled the shining dust. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Her dad stood in the doorway again, this time armed with a saxophone. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A saxophone softly hummed, and was soon joined by a flute and piano. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Butterscotch slept nearby, and Dad’s favorite jazz station played a saxophone snoozer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He showed me a big dent on the bottom part of my saxophone. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The saxophone is the star of this nameless song, with the drums and piano blending with it in perfect harmony. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Most kids wanted to learn to play guitar or saxophone. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In a corner of the room, photographers had cornered Jesse Owens, dressed in an ice-cream-white suit, and talked him into posing with a saxophone. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Figure 6.21: In the top line, the melody is written out in concert pitch; on the second line it has been transposed to be read by an alto saxophone. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z An elderly, dark-skinned man is playing the saxophone on the street corner. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A colored man floats down out of the sky blowing a saxophone, and below him, in the space between two buildings, a girl talks earnestly to a man in a straw hat. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He told his dad about track and school and playing his saxophone at Carnegie Hall. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I must have looked confused because he told me, “That’s my horn, my ax, my saxophone, the thing I make all my money with, so don’t get butterfingers and drop it.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It was too cold to be out playing a saxophone but Billy guessed the guy was dealing with demons that needed to hear a tune. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The ukulele was a social asset second only to the traps and saxophone. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He might have studied the saxophone had he not been born to immigrant parents who considered even pot holders an extravagance. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z All the other instruments took turns trying to interrupt the conversation, but in the end it was Miss Thomas’s voice and Steady’s saxophone doing the talking that you really wanted to listen to. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Mom had packed a picnic and Dad had brought his saxophone, so we made a whole day of it. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I heard a number of sounds layered behind him—drums, a keyboard playing cosmic notes, and something low, like a saxophone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “That night, the night I fell, I couldn’t sleep. I went down to the laundry room to play a little saxophone. I didn’t want to wake anybody.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The students came out with their saxophones, trumpets, and drums, played “My Favorite Things” or “Someday My Prince Will Come.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z On the corner a guy played a saxophone, the sound sliding into the darkness and echoing off the bricks. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a saxophone in an open case, looking dull against the black velvet. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Near her, a skinny man in old jeans and a battered army jacket was playing the saxophone. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The inside of it had a great big dent where Steady Eddie’s saxophone used to go, now there wasn’t anything in it but a little raggedy pink towel. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z A bass guitar’s slow notes intertwined with a saxophone’s glee, creating a jazz-funk, strut-like rhythm, soon joined by trumpets and drums. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Reeds and pads and sheet music cost money, plus he’s been saving forever for a new, better saxophone. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z For example a bass trombone4l has a lower range than a tenor trombone, and an alto saxophone42 sounds higher than a tenor saxophone. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And Steady Eddie took his time to show me how to hold my lips and how to put my fingers like I was really playing a pretend saxophone. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Her father was lying on the couch, reading a magazine, with a glass of wine on the coffee table, and there was saxophone music playing on the stereo. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then he walked off to the saxophone section, and Dante took his chair in the row behind us. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z So the family rented him a saxophone, and he took right to it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I’m holding an inflatable saxophone, smiling, and Nick’s wearing oversized sunglasses. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes this makes things easier on instrumentalists; they may not have to learn different fingerings when they switch from one kind of saxophone to another, for example. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z We could hear the sounds of trumpets and saxophones and other instruments echoing through the hallways, and the choir doing warm-ups in a large room next to our dressing room. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I recognize one of Mustafa’s friends playing the alto saxophone and a boy from his basketball team strumming the bass guitar. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The line might be performed by any musician or group of musicians: a singer, for example, or a bassoonist, a violin section, or a trumpet and saxophone together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Others appeal to a broader audience, like Ricardo Cavalli, considered by some to be the best saxophone player in the country. 2010-01-29T05:21:00Z What I really wanted to do was play the saxophone—that was one of the instruments that I really loved. “If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Gazzara looks impaired and shriveled, the saxophone voice now a thinner reed. Requiem for Mr. Tough Guy 2012-02-06T17:01:31Z “I’m not even sure I can play the saxophone without this,” he says in the second episode. ‘Worn Stories’ Treats Clothing as the Fabric of Memory. I Can Relate. 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z For example, the second-act banquet scene in which Hamlet accuses Claudius of murdering his father features a solo for alto saxophone. A Decidedly French “Hamlet” Returns to Paris 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Miller says Morlot was "very excited to be involved, and strict about using the specific instruments" called for in Ullmann's eclectic orchestration, including banjo, harpsichord, guitar and saxophone. Music of Remembrance to stage Viktor Ullmann's 'Emperor of Atlantis' 2012-11-15T22:28:03Z Madley Croft, who helped write two of the album’s songs and served as a sounding board, praised Jehnny Beth’s genre experiments, which include android vocal stylings, melancholic saxophones and a piano ballad. Savages’ Jehnny Beth Is Going Solo. Don’t Tell Her It’s a Mistake. 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z But when played by the strange combination of an Arabic fiddle, saxophone, frame drums, zithers, cello and harpsichord, Bach’s melody sounds decidedly Turkish. Music Review: Ensemble Sarband in White Light Festival - Review 2011-11-21T23:11:33Z When James Brandon Lewis plays the saxophone, he usually plants his feet shoulder width apart and bends a bit at the knee, swaying and tunneling into a rhythmic flow. James Brandon Lewis, a Saxophonist Who Embodies and Transcends Tradition 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Newsome plays the soprano saxophone, most of the time alone. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The saxophone piece from Baker Street has been thumping in my head all of my life. Funeral held for Gerry Rafferty 2011-01-21T14:02:22Z It has since commissioned at least 120 works for saxophone quartet, many of them by Americans, and will perform several at its anniversary concert this Sunday at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village. 2010-01-31T06:12:00Z We would like to say that when it’s all said and done, no composer of any notoriety will leave this earth without having written for saxophone.” 2010-01-31T06:12:00Z “That line,” he said recently, paraphrasing Monroe, “all a saxophone player has to do is play ‘Melancholy Baby,’ and I’m his. Channeling a Bombshell, One Jazzy Note at a Time 2011-08-06T20:43:02Z Mr. Parker followed with unaccompanied soprano saxophone improvisations, using circular breathing techniques to whirl tiny melodic and rhythmic cells at inhuman length. Music Review: Louis Andriessen, Composing Under the Radar 2010-04-19T22:18:00Z My father got that bug and said he wants his son to play saxophone. E Street Band sax player Clarence Clemons dies 2011-06-19T01:55:13Z On “The Wine Dark Sea,” which opened the set, Mr. Potter played his soprano saxophone in concentrated blasts, leaving space in between for Mr. Harland to fill. Music Review: Conversation for Four, With Homeric Accents 2011-02-10T00:15:10Z You know, first: the fact that the saxophone is out there so much — that people are hearing the sax. New Kenny G doc explores his massive success and criticism 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z His group Alto Madness features him and three others on alto saxophone: Darius Jones, Bruce Williams and Anthony Ware. Jazz Listings for Nov. 7-13 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z In the slow movement, the solo bassoon emerged as smooth as a saxophone. SCO/Ticciati – review 2012-11-14T16:16:58Z On “Waiting for the Sunrise,” Ms. Thurman’s new album, she leaves the saxophone alone almost completely. The Playlist: An Indie-Rock Supergroup Is Born, and 9 More New Songs 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z After starting his career as a straight-ahead tenor saxophonist, he took a left turn — soaking up inspiration from the Arab world, sub-Saharan Africa and Japan, and focusing mostly on the solo soprano saxophone. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z In full, exquisite exhaustion, “Avalon” examines the debris of relationships, as told from the point of view of a suave loner, all backed by plush and luscious oceans of saxophone swoon. Almost anarchy: The Style Council and the smooth sounds of sophisti-pop 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Berne wields his alto saxophone in sharp, staccato cuts and streaky gestures; the entire group steams with a kind of compressed energy that’s writhing to escape — but never fully does. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z To get it out of the way right at the top: No, he didn't play saxophone. Bill Clinton is lauded at all-star jazz gala. But he left his sax at home. 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z "My father used to play saxophone in a band for the season on the Isle of Man when I was a kid," said Pete. The Who: 'I shall stay home and pick nuts out of me cavities' – a special Christmas interview from the vaults 2012-12-24T09:00:00Z Clemons and his saxophone were an essential part of that transformation. Born in the U.S.A.: When the president met the Boss 2012-05-28T18:00:00Z She played saxophone while others played guitar, drums, saxophone and bass clarinet over a track that seemed not to belong to any of the songs whose lyrics were hung on the wall. Rocker PJ Harvey hopes glass room will reflect history 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Adams sings the five-note saxophone motif from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story as an example. Classical Saxophone in Proms spotlight 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z As for the future, Dickson believes the saxophone - a relative newcomer and rarity in the world of classical music - offers endless options. Saxophonist Dickson plays classics, pop and saves lives too 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z His solo instrument of choice has long been the saxophone. Far From Valhalla: A Tabloid Star Is Joining The Sisterhood Of the Fallen 2011-02-13T01:06:18Z In 2001 Mr. Foster had a stroke that hindered his ability to play the saxophone. Frank Foster, Jazz Saxophonist, Composer and Arranger, Dies at 82 2011-07-27T03:26:25Z The orchestration included an alto saxophone, which gave “Minstrels” — in these works’ first performance by the NSO — a slightly big-band flavor; a celesta; and a battery of percussion. Runnicles and NSO go French 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z He even put a saxophone on a George Jones record. Husky, Sherrill inducted into Country Hall of Fame 2010-05-24T00:26:00Z Jim later took up the saxophone, which led to an invitation to join a rockabilly band called the Crew Cats, which played at dances and in local clubs. Jim Seals, Half of a Popular 1970s Soft-Rock Duo, Dies at 79 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z On Monday nights when he’s not traveling Mr. Morris conducts a big band called the Nublu Orchestra, in which Mr. Ersahin plays tenor saxophone. Club Mixes Old, New and Blue 2011-06-08T21:20:47Z At Oberlin College in Ohio he gravitated to religious studies, practicing his saxophone on the side. Brooklyn Blowhards Navigate the Free Jazz of Herman Melville 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z An enterprising multi-instrumentalist, he primarily plays the saxophone; his signature sound is a high, zigzagging squeal. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Cowan said that in her piece, “Harlem Shake,” the audience should listen for a passage of saxophone improvisation and catch the way the melody repeats. Review: The Philharmonic’s Women Can Wear Pants in the Park 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Ms. Aldana, 27, hails from Santiago, Chile, where she studied the saxophone with her father. Review: Melissa Aldana Makes a Focused Statement in ‘Back Home’ 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The singers thought like instrumentalists — trying to channel the sound of a trombone or saxophone depending on the part they were copying from the original recording. Ward Swingle, musician who made Bach swing, dies at 87 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z He retains his mentholated soprano saxophone sound, and his bond with an adoring and loyal audience. Fall Pop Music Preview: An Abundance of Rhythms and Styles 2013-09-09T16:03:09Z Clarence Clemons, the saxophone player in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, has died, aged 69, a spokeswoman for the band has said. Springsteen saxophone player dies 2011-06-19T04:10:33Z He’s a disorienting one-man band, playing every instrument, even saxophone, and a record-spinner at heart; he’s been associated with Peanut Butter Wolf, the California crate-digging D.J. and proprietor of Stones Throw, for 10 years. Playlist : At Midcareer, Some Astonish, Some Explore 2011-04-29T18:39:43Z Mr. D’Rivera worked mainly on alto saxophone, his most bracing voice, and clarinet, his most effervescent. Review: Paquito D’Rivera in Concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z As jazz took off, the trumpet and saxophone became more popular, then, as rock-and-roll emerged, the electric guitar made the zither feel like ... the zither. In Switzerland, a musician searches for the ‘Holy Grail’ of instruments 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z “We enjoy crossing over into other ethnicities and styles of music,” said Taimur Sullivan, the baritone saxophone member of Prism, which has also recorded a jazz CD and sometimes performs with jazz musicians. 2010-01-31T06:12:00Z He often deploys the saxophones in a braided tandem, before giving each a chance to stretch out: Mr. Cheek with his streamlined logic, Mr. Malaby with his woollier line of attack. Playlist: Music From Kris Kristofferson, Jamie Lidell and ?Treme? 2010-05-16T14:06:00Z The band uses such a massively diverse collection of instruments, from saxophone to steel pan to marimba, it's sometimes hard to put your finger on what you're actually listening to. Review: Hot Chip channels '80s vibe on latest 2012-09-10T18:46:04Z But he persevered, finding ways to produce microtones on his saxophone that defied the standard notions of pitch and key. Ornette Coleman, innovative force in jazz and modern music, dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Butter is a gifted saxophone player, a thoughtful soul. ‘Butter’ Review: High-Stakes Popularity 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Soon the audience was transfixed when a past president took the stage: Bill Clinton left his saxophone at home but spoke in tribute of Taylor. The Eagles, Al Pacino, Mavis Staples, James Taylor at a bittersweet Kennedy Center Honors 2016 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Roland Kirk, who used to be able play three saxophones at once, was dealing with a stroke and there was still a beauty to his playing. Q&A with Peter Frampton: His new instrumental album, getting invited to join the Who, and why he wants to get out on the road again 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Coleman’s concepts are so impressively sturdy, his band so in sync, that one might overlook the strongest connective thread here—his alto saxophone playing, which is, by turns, pent-up or reflective. ‘Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. I (The Embedded Sets)’ by Steve Coleman Review: The Complex Made Accessible 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z But if only as a deterrent, his father bought him a saxophone. Von Freeman, Fiery Tenor Saxophonist, Dies at 88 2012-08-19T05:50:05Z “There are a lot of lazy songs — ‘Let’s put a trumpet in or a saxophone, and it’ll be a hit!’” she says. Riot Girl: Charli XCX Rages Against the Pop-Music Machine 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The son of Jewish immigrants, Caesar got his start playing saxophone in a dance band and performing comedy on the "Borscht Belt" circuit of the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. Comic great Sid Caesar of "Your Show of Shows" dies at 91 2014-02-13T00:23:23Z Whether playing saxophone or flute — or even, as on his overdubbed solo “Blue Boyé,” both at once — he blended folk traditions with a joyous avant-garde edge. ‘Mastery and Transgression’ in Music That Bridges Genres 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Not even five minutes into the album, a startling saxophone burst comes through, entwining with Lamar’s rap lines. In 2015, jazz reasserted itself 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z This melody first appears in “Turandot” sung by a boys’ choir accompanied by offstage saxophones. Classical: Puccini Opera Echoes a Music Box at the Morris Museum 2012-06-17T01:03:03Z Mr. Mitchell has written extensively for everything from solo saxophone to orchestra, and he taught for many years at Mills College, where for a decade he was the Darius Milhaud Chair of Composition. N.E.A. Jazz Masters Include Roscoe Mitchell and Dorthaan Kirk 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z He played multiple instruments, including saxophone, flute and vibraphone, on the band’s 1969 debut album, “In the Court of the Crimson King.” Rocker Ian McDonald of King Crimson and Foreigner dies at 75 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Evans played alongside Lester Young, who was one of the giants of the saxophone and constantly overshadowed Evans on the Basie group’s studio recordings. National Jazz Museum Acquires Savory Collection 2010-08-16T19:08:00Z One track on which this happens, “Kismet,” is a three-minute improvisation on bass saxophone, a notoriously bulky instrument that Mr. Landrus handles with feathery grace. New Music: New Albums From Kirin J. Callinan and Brian Landrus 2013-07-01T22:17:06Z Wednesday felt more like a feature for Mr. Klein, stationed at a Fender Rhodes piano, and Mr. Zenón, playing flute as well as saxophone. Music Review: Where Hearing the Parts Whirl Is the Point 2011-08-19T21:33:35Z Its power is in its brilliantly varied shifts of mood, from the smutty, baritone saxophone passages in Dirty Boys to the waltz-time magic of You Feel So Lonely You Could Die. The best albums of 2013 (so far) - the critics' choice 2013-07-11T19:53:04Z The instrumentation is striking: a 15-piece percussion section for “The Libation Bearers,” quartets of both saxophones and its obscure cousin the saxhorn for “The Eumenides,” which lend a marching-band quality to some of the music. CD review: young Icelandic composer’s organic music; Milhaud’s weighty ‘Orestie’ Between vocal passages and saxophone solos, he hopped, speed-walked and ran in place. Femi Kuti’s energy is as tireless as his message during 9:30 Club concert 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z The group’s personnel rotates often, but the format has never shifted: a pair of saxophones out front, often in high contrast with one another; a bassist; a drummer; and the tension-raising technique of Sánchez’s piano. Marta Sánchez Finds Beauty in Loss With a Refreshed Quintet 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z And what to make, in one of the most alarming images, of the woman in leopard print who is wielding a boa constrictor as if it’s a huge saxophone? The Mysterious Relationship Between Pets and Their Owners 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z He played on albums by the trumpeter Booker Little, notably “Out Front,” a landmark of progressive postbop featuring Max Roach on drums and Eric Dolphy on alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. Don Friedman, Versatile Jazz Pianist, Dies at 81 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The shop — in the heart of the Diamond District, on West 47th Street — is crowded with used instruments and the whimsical sculptures Ritter creates during his downtime from spare saxophone parts. The exacting art of saxophone repair 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z They don’t do anything overly fancy or intellectual, there’s no wild saxophone solos or anything. | Mayer Hawthorne: Mayer Hawthorne Faves: Barbara Mason, 3 Sounds, Black Opera 2011-10-09T03:24:56Z The full melodrama of “Careless Whisper,” with a saxophone solo that, once heard, can never be forgotten, sounded like palm trees, swooning, and intrigue. George Michael’s Pop Paradise 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z L’Duro, one of the festival D.J.’s, explained that Cuban salsa is a rich, upbeat style incorporating drums, while Puerto Rican salsa tends to be more melodic, using saxophones and piano. In Paris, Mixing Up Some Salsa 2010-04-09T10:00:00Z While the concerto is long-established in classical music, the saxophone - 175 years after it was invented - remains a bit player in the orchestra. Classical Saxophone in Proms spotlight 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z It’s like the strings represent the pain that we all experience in life and his alto saxophone is the resilience of the human heart. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ornette Coleman 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z It made sense that Mr. Sanders, now 75 and still in possession of his full and lacerating tenor saxophone sound, played in Sunday’s concert too, with his own band. Review: Kamasi Washington’s Spiritual Circle, Looking Inward 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z He loved different sounds in the orchestra so instead of French horns he used saxophones which gives it that contemporary jazz quality. All hail Joan of Arc, in music -- but in London? 2011-11-03T11:31:03Z I wrote a saxophone part that can lead from that. Dev Hynes: New York’s Last Bohemian on the City and His New Album 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The score suggests that the conductor also play a toy saxophone and take up parts of the narration. Philharmonic to Present H. K. Gruber?s ?Frankenstein!!? 2011-12-04T04:23:05Z “I played saxophone in the high school band,” Mr. Vee recalled on his website, “but I wanted to rock out. We were playing all the standard band pieces, and I wanted to do ‘Yakety Yak.’ Bobby Vee, clean-cut teen idol of 1960s pop, dies at 73 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z He then served in the Army until 1954, playing saxophone and clarinet in a military band. Barry Newman, Star of the Cult Film ‘Vanishing Point,’ Dies at 92 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z He played clarinet and alto saxophone in the 17th Division Special Service Band as part of the Army’s 92nd Infantry Division, popularly known as the Buffalo Soldiers. Marshall Allen is 96 years old and still leading one of the most visionary jazz groups of all time 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Have I've let my snobbery and phobia of saxophone solos blur my judgement? A week listening to ? Radio 2 2011-02-10T13:56:01Z Mr. Coltrane, who played much of the set on sopranino saxophone, provided the trio’s most heroic voice, its main source of impassioned exposition. Review: Spontaneous Invention From the Jack DeJohnette Trio 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z “Not every child wants to play the flute or the clarinet or the saxophone or the drums or the trumpet or whatever,” Connor said. Camp helps Ala. children improve music skills 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Orchestras became fossilized, with modern instruments — be they saxophones or synthesizers — as occasional add-ons, not part of the permanent ensemble. Instrumental mayhem in the name of Bach: Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and company 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z We were a multiple instrument household - all my sisters played piano and I played saxophone and guitar. Whiplash stars drum up Oscar hopes 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Ham played the saxophone on "Who Can It Be Now?" Men at Work musician Greg Ham found dead 2012-04-20T01:36:08Z The group complicates the harmonies and fills the interstices of the songs with improvisation, often with Mr. McCaslin’s saxophone chasing Mr. Bowie’s voice. Review: ‘Blackstar,’ David Bowie’s Emotive and Cryptic New Album 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Vee played saxophone in his high school band, but with savings from his newspaper route he bought a $30 Harmony guitar after his brother Bill taught him a few chords. Bobby Vee, Pop Idol Known for ‘Take Good Care of My Baby,’ Dies at 73 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Chance switched to alto saxophone with Kim Gordon, long of Sonic Youth; she made vocal loops, he played film-noir lines and they largely ignored each other until a final buildup. Music Review: Round-Robin Duets at Brooklyn Masonic Temple 2013-05-02T21:52:58Z “It’s All About Love” soars with Parker’s signature raw, soulful voice and saxophone playing, as well as upbeat, funky band arrangements. Saxophonist Maceo Parker brings the music and the love to Jazz Alley 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z He also learned how to play the saxophone, which he later said saved his life: “It helped me blow off some steam and get rid of some of the anger.” Sid Caesar, Comedian and One of TV’s First Stars, Dies at 91 2014-02-12T22:07:12Z Rounding out the ensemble were Willie Jones III on drums, Gerald Cannon on bass and Mark Gross, whose slippery saxophone solos raised the temperature an extra degree or two. Music Review: Gregory Generet at the Metropolitan Room 2012-03-30T22:52:00Z In a hushed moment of this riveting recording, the Novice is consoled by subdued strings, a forlorn solo saxophone and the pitying voices of the sailors. Daniel Harding Brings the Opera ?Billy Budd? to Life 2010-04-30T18:39:00Z There are several it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time moments, like tucking a Corona into the bell of a saxophone. Review: Rom-Com as Ritual in ‘The Art of Luv (Part 5)’ 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z It’s just something you do, like playing a saxophone, hitting a note. | An Artist in Absentia 2014-04-01T13:00:28Z For environmental reverence, there was “Wolf Eyes,” juxtaposing wolf howls with the sweetness of Mr. Winter’s saxophone. It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z His first instrument was the saxophone, but he began playing guitar in his early teens. Cornell Dupree, Guitarist and Sideman to the Stars, Dies at 68 2011-05-15T06:23:01Z Desolate saxophone notes weaving through a perseverating synthesizer and rapidly tapping, tapping, tapping drum machine. “Gemini” is a brilliant, modern take on the murder mystery 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Tia Fuller appeared on soprano saxophone to relieve the MC with her fierce rhythm section churning behind her. A lot of chitchat — and some music — at Playboy Jazz Festival 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z That week, New York heard Zorn play more saxophone than he has in years, and it was a reminder of what we’ve been missing. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Mackey found the saxophone a rewarding compositional medium, he said. 2010-01-31T06:12:00Z For Mr. Batista, who picked up the saxophone as a teenager, studying at the foundation “changed everything,” he said. Danilo Pérez Builds a Magnet for Musicians in Panama 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z He even started writing an instructional saxophone book but dropped that project. Inside Sonny Rollins’s Jazz Archive, Headed Home to Harlem 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Charles' fans can see his personal piano and saxophone, his collection of microphones and letters he received from Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Johnny Cash. Ray Charles Memorial Library opens in L.A. 2010-09-24T14:12:00Z His saxophone is as important to the music of Sade as Clarence Clemons’s was to the E Street Band. Music Review: A Singer in No Rush, Deploying Her Big Gestures Carefully 2011-06-22T22:19:04Z I was a good friend of Steve Douglas, who was the saxophone player in Bob’s band back then. ‘A Really Cool Gig’: Playing Piano for Bob Dylan’s Nobel Lecture 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z It reached back and grabbed onto Coleman’s own reference points: the chirruping bebop of Charlie Parker, Southern soul saxophone, the old Jewish prayer songs that he loved. 30 Years Later, Three Bands From New York’s Downtown Scene Unite for One Night 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z In October, he performed with an alto saxophone player at Row House, a restaurant in Harlem. Catherine Roosevelt, Seán McCluskey 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z His longest-lived ensemble, which lasted about five years in the late 1950s and early ’60s, featured Blue Mitchell on trumpet and Junior Cook on tenor saxophone. Horace Silver, 85, Master of Earthy Jazz, Is Dead 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z While they wanted to incorporate some classic Christmas production, with bells, saxophones and organs, they still wanted the songs to sound like their other albums. Pistol Annies craft holiday album for the not-so-sentimental 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z A college jazz student once told me of peers who painstakingly tried to recreate the saxophone solos of Charlie Parker note for note. Theater Review: ?Shadows? at the Collapsable Hole - Review 2011-11-04T22:40:49Z Mike Will also deploys little background interjections — a vocal snippet, a saxophone flourish, a handful of plucked guitar notes — as ingenious, near-subliminal attention-grabbers. Alicia Keys, on and Off the Digital Grid 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Paul Joseph Horn was born in New York City on March 17, 1930, and began studying piano at 4, clarinet at 10 and saxophone at 12. Paul Horn, a Founding Father of New Age Music, Dies at 84 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z So a saxophone wails over power chords, while violins sound against deathless synths. Twin Peaks still marks the summit of TV soundtracks 2010-03-25T12:28:00Z Having briefly tried both the trumpet and the saxophone, he turned to the banjo, playing with his fellow students in the Vernon City Ramblers. Diz Disley obituary 2010-04-15T17:43:00Z Coltrane, through his saxophone, blew shrill notes to summon higher powers. 15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Not every 80-year-old maintains this level of creativity; playing a tenor saxophone for hours at a time requires a serious degree of physical conditioning. At 80, Billy Harper’s Rhapsodic Saxophone Is Still a Towering Force 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z She played the saxophone and learned some Italian after school. Motherlode Blog: Welcoming a Summer Break From the ‘Rug-Rat Race’ 2013-06-26T19:31:43Z What impressed this crowd most — no less, it seemed, during an imposingly strong opening set by Sam Newsome, playing unaccompanied soprano saxophone — was the totality of the commitment onstage. Music Review: Together for 10 Years and Still Totally Committed 2010-09-17T20:08:00Z One piece started up quietly and drumless, with Ms. Laubrock playing gritty, smoky phrases in the tenor saxophone’s low register, bossy and playful. 2010-01-15T04:14:00Z There was an opera singer, a female tenor under the bridge singing some Puccini piece, and also in the distance there was a saxophone player. Dev Hynes: New York’s Last Bohemian on the City and His New Album 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Basie, the rhythmically spring-loaded pianist and bandleader, had more than a star soloist in Young, who changed the language of the tenor saxophone. Reissues: ’50s Moxie, ’60s Soul and ’90s Hip-Hop 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z That change of format amounts to a complete tactical overhaul, since it’s one thing to lead a tenor saxophone trio, with only bass and drums, and another to front a conventional quartet. Music Review: Conversation for Four, With Homeric Accents 2011-02-10T00:15:10Z A movement titled “Beneath the Shell,” obviously inspired by Duke Ellington, elicited a breathy, evocatively slurred tenor saxophone interlude by Chris Speed, followed by a neat, expressive cornet essay by Kirk Knuffke. Review: Delivering a Touch of Big Band Through a Jazz Collective 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The production wanders from chugging string ensemble to fingerpicked folk-rock to saxophone choir, with all of them mingling near the end. The 1975’s Chamber-Pop Confessions, and 8 More New Songs 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z The 13 selections, with fresh, big-band arrangements, include classics like the lyrical “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon” and the irresistible saxophone showcase “Put Down the Duckie.” 7 Albums for Kids That Adults Will Want to Hear, Too 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z As on that classic album — and “Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio,” released on Concord in 2014 — the instrumentation here consists of tenor saxophone, bass and drums. Review: Melissa Aldana Makes a Focused Statement in ‘Back Home’ 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z A soothing mix of harp, hypnotic bass and melodic saxophone, it was meant to honor the spiritual guru Swami Satchidananda, who helped Coltrane see the light following her husband John’s death in 1967. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Coleman grew up on Chicago’s South Side, listening to a mix of funk, soul and his father’s Charlie Parker albums, and started playing the alto saxophone at age 14. After 30 Albums and 3 Recent Prizes, a Jazzman Flirts With the Mainstream 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z So saxophones and trumpets sound like animal cries. ‘Soused,’ Scott Walker’s Unusual New Album With Sunn O))) 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z But then he begins channelling Pharoah Sanders’s astral voyages with his saxophone, his runs growing increasingly jagged. My Journey with Jazz 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Here’s Johnny Hodges, delivering four minutes of the most seraphic alto saxophone playing to be found on record, on this chestnut from Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Far East Suite.” Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Anyone who has never bathed in the shimmering light of Sanders’ tenor saxophone should take the opportunity now that he is 74 to see him at Town Hall Friday, Nov. 7. Miguel Zenón among Earshot’s remaining don’t-miss acts 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z It started almost songlike, with a haunting, wordless vocal melody answered by a limpid saxophone obbligato. Pairings Fulfill ‘A Night of Improvised Round Robin Duets’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Over the next three weeks, the saxophone, trumpet, trombone parts and solos were added and mixed with the help of an engineer who specializes in such work. Roosevelt High School makes final of prestigious Essential Ellington high school jazz competition 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z He grew up in Aarhus, where he first learned the violin, then, as a teenager, the clarinet and alto saxophone after hearing American jazz musicians on tour. John Tchicai obituary 2012-10-11T17:25:54Z About 15 people, most of them middle-aged, sat around this ramshackle downtown San Francisco bar sipping tea and wine while a saxophone, drum and bass trio played a mellow mixture of mostly standards. Arts: Sleepy Jazz Scene Shows Signs of Awakening 2010-05-16T01:58:00Z But still, maybe flute will become the new saxophone, which just two years ago was an outcast instrument but is now used in Lady Gaga songs and was deployed by at least four bands here. Critic?s Notebook: Back to the ?90s, Tootling a Flute 2011-07-18T23:12:24Z Mr. Murray likes to throw his bawling, strident tenor saxophone sound into a range of situations. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z The babies who are transfixed by the saxophone or glued to the drums. Reflections of a Wedding Singer 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z At one point, he ducked into the men’s room to gather himself, but then, suddenly, Crosby recalls, Coltrane kicked open the bathroom door, still holding his saxophone and soloing like a madman. David Crosby Celebrates His Ornery Self in the Documentary “Remember My Name” 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z At the very least, "Sea Songs" should make a bit of musical history, in that it's penned for soprano saxophone, jazz string quintet and 24-voice choir – not exactly conventional forces. Bringing a jazz pulse to e.e. cummings and friends 2011-03-14T13:54:10Z Miller, meanwhile, said the five-member band - joined on and off by a cadre of guests with harp, kettle drum, saxophone, tubas and the like at the Saturday event - all like prog music. Prog rock meets folk as Moulettes soar in London 2013-12-02T15:15:27Z His lips are pursed, his fingers are poised and he’s playing his saxophone with deep concentration. Interactive Shadowboxes Breathe Life Into the Legacies of Village Artists 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Both albums contain long percussive suites, with searing saxophone wails and upper-register flute solos that work best when played front to back without interruption. Revisiting the Pyramids’ ‘Avant-Garde African Jazz,’ Four Decades Later 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z On the opener, “Drunk,” the wistful, weepy single off his latest EP, Dijon stretched further, his voice creasing as the percussion surged, and an added saxophone lifted everything higher. At Union Stage, Dijon — once the member of a Maryland R&B duo — puts his soulful voice first 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z He composed it for his working quartet and an expanded cohort that includes four trumpets, five saxophones and three trombones. Jazz Listings for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T00:48:20Z She performs music from the album with her New York quintet, including a front line of Roman Filiu on alto saxophone and Jérôme Sabbagh on tenor saxophone. Jazz Listings for April 29-May 5 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Any mo-tee-vay-shan to keep listening is gone by the time the saxophone comes in. Top 10 Worst Songs 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z He played free-jazz saxophone and listened to psychedelic rock alongside classical music. The Otherworldly Minimalism of Jürg Frey 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Shorter had a sly, confiding style on the tenor saxophone, instantly identifiable by his low-gloss tone and elliptical sense of phrase. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z A chamber orchestra digs into new arrangements of his past free-improvisation saxophone solos; the sense of fresh community they create around “I’ll See You Out There” is a testament to Mr. Mitchell’s underlying vision. The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Frisell shares the melody with Clayton and Gregory Tardy on tenor saxophone; each of them departs from the tune in brief, conversational asides before returning to what sounds like a fond, shared reminiscence. Paramore Steps Into a New Era, and 8 More New Songs 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z But he has also been building a track record as a leader, with groups like this one, featuring Jaleel Shaw on saxophone, Ben Street on bass and Lage Lund on guitar. Jazz Listings for Dec. 2-8 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Perhaps you’ve heard it said that the saxophone is the musical instrument that most closely resembles the human voice. Review: Tony Malaby, Weaving Spells With Paloma Recio 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z With the trio, Mr. Rivers often demonstrated his gift as a multi-instrumentalist, extemporizing fluidly on saxophone, piano and flute. Sam Rivers, Jazz Musician, Dies at 88 2011-12-28T00:24:59Z Coleman's lovely melodies and intensely human and voice-like saxophone sound seem so natural now, that it's perhaps hard to imagine the furore he caused on his emergence in the late 1950s. Great moments in jazz: Ornette Coleman defines the Shape of Jazz to Come 2010-07-23T15:02:00Z When the baritone became a burden, he reverted to the alto saxophone, playing occasional club gigs. Harry Klein obituary 2010-08-04T17:08:00Z “There’s something about music that’s such a galvanizing force,” Maury Martin, 62, a family doctor and soprano saxophone player, said after playing the host band’s opening set. Honk! Festival of Street Bands in Somerville, Mass. 2012-10-09T00:49:03Z Mr. Johnson added dense layers of guitar, saxophone and percussion, and a virtuosic solo part for live guitarist, with pitches, melodic motifs and rhythms derived from the recorded vocalism. Scott Johnson, Playfully Inventive Composer, Is Dead at 70 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z "Jungleland" is the greatest saxophone solo you will find in rock music. The endlessly bizarre duality of New Jersey 2011-08-04T18:50:00Z An abstract piece that began with saxophone and piano, and then yielded to an ecstatic, free-form bass solo, left an unfinished impression. Music Review: The Bill McHenry Quartet at the Village Vanguard 2012-03-21T21:12:12Z This year, the song that initiated my summer playlist was “Hear Me Calling” by Juice WRLD, which floats in on an airy saxophone sigh and a languid but crisp diet-dembow beat: boom-chk-a-chk. A Secret Ingredient in Songs of Summer 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z The same could be said of Alex Mincek’s brash, rhythmically elastic “Pendulum #7,” which has a central saxophone line, performed here by the composer. Music Review: When Soloists Don?t Necessarily Star 2011-04-15T23:01:47Z He nods to a broad saxophone tradition — the blossoming flow of Charlie Parker; the clean, darting intellect of Steve Coleman — but also draws from today’s electronic avant-garde. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Every sonic element — her voice, her saxophone, the clip of a baby crying — comes woven into a tapestry, with no stable relationship of foreground to background. Releases From Bob Dylan and Diana Krall 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Then, two years later, he was cast as a stud saxophone player, with Jack Lemmon as his partner and Marilyn Monroe as the bait, in Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot. Remembering Tony Curtis: The Best of Everything 2010-09-30T22:15:00Z The horns, including tuba, baritone saxophone and trumpet, depending on the tune — as in Tortoise, the members switch instruments frequently — give it a hearty school-orchestra feeling rather than a tone-color palette. Music Review: A Little Bit Like a School Orchestra 2011-07-04T20:29:29Z Yosvany Terry on the alto saxophone at the Jazz Standard on Wednesday evening. Music Review: Yosvany Terry Quintet at the Jazz Standard 2012-04-13T20:05:53Z Sleigh bells, theremin, flute, saxophone, vibraphone – all the colors behind the Beach Boys’ state-of-the-art studio productions found their way into the mix. Beach Boys mix nostalgia, surf, melancholy at Chicago Theatre 2012-05-22T06:54:00Z This wasn’t just a matter of Mr. Brunborg’s nationality — or his pinpoint-earnest tone on tenor and soprano saxophone, though it did resemble that of his elder countryman. Music Review: Manu Katch??s Balletic Drumming at Highline Ballroom 2010-07-02T20:39:00Z When he reappeared, at the Village Vanguard, he was playing trumpet and violin as well as alto saxophone. Ornette Coleman, Jazz Innovator, Dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z At 22, this rapper and multi-instrumentalist isn’t exactly a newcomer: He has released albums on his own and with Standing on the Corner, the experimental jazz and hip-hop group in which he plays saxophone. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Violin, saxophone and an unruly electric guitar all emerge at points to wrestle with Bock’s bracing vocal, but each one ultimately cedes the spotlight to her flinty presence. Feist’s Electrifying Return, and 9 More New Songs 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z He plays tenor saxophone in cries and gabbles and interval jumps and long tones; his music usually describes motion and spirit rather than corresponding to preset tonal centers, rhythms, and melodies. Celebrating Charles Gayle at the Vision Festival 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z As a boy, he played the oboe, clarinet and piano; by the time he was in high school, he was playing saxophone in a nationally known big band, the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra. Ward Swingle, Who Made Classical Music Jazzy, Dies at 87 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Composers were inspired to write for classical saxophone quartet when Marcel Mule, a famed French performer, formed an ensemble in 1928. 2010-01-31T06:12:00Z They were working up some tunes melding punk rock with Norteno, a Latin music genre that uses an accordion and a saxophone, and they needed a sax player. Chicano rock pioneers Los Lobos marking 40 years 2012-12-15T17:52:09Z All the while, he pursued his passion for jazz saxophone and improvisation. Review: As Goes Music, So Goes the Universe 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z He continued to play his saxophone in bands, she said, even as he became a prolific and well-known artist who spent much of his time in Southampton. | Long Island: ‘Larry Rivers: Collaborations and Appropriations’ Is at Stony Brook University 2012-10-27T04:59:07Z On “Comfort,” a song about the promises and dangers of romantic love, a verse of bluesy singing from Heidi Martin gave way to a slow, searing alto saxophone solo from Darius Jones. Live Jazz: 3 May Standouts, From Sullivan Fortner to Dana Murray 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Ms. Cowan, who was 10 at the time, said that her “Harlem Shake” was an exercise in layering, but with saxophone improvisations that nodded to the neighborhood’s past. Meet the 11-Year-Old Girls Whose Music Wowed the Philharmonic 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z I knew I needed to get some studying in, in order to get into playing saxophone, because I wanted to play jazz. “If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z “Down East” was basically a rock tune, with both saxophones barking heatedly over a fast chug, like the basic riff in a Ramones song. Music Review: Chris Lightcap and Bigmouth at Cornelia Street Café 2013-06-03T20:11:08Z So the tricky pulse of a ballad called “Mariana,” with its implication of five against four, all but dissolves in the face of an essay by Chris Cheek on tenor saxophone. New Music: New Releases From Travis Porter and Melody Gardot 2012-05-28T22:04:52Z As early as the 1950s, Mr. Mekurya was using his tenor saxophone to emulate the Ethiopian chants known as shellela, traditionally shouted by warriors going into battle. Getatchew Mekurya, Ethiopian Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 81 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z There are other echoes: The slithery intertwining of soprano saxophone and muted trumpet on “A Spring Fantasy” recaptures a sound that Mr. Marsalis favored back when Mr. Riley was in his band. Review: Herlin Riley Commands Attention on ‘New Direction’ 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z His low-register saxophone melodies on the African-inspired "Maybe I Was the Pilot" enhanced its marching progression before spurring on feverish discord. Vandermark blows his horn with Ex's winds of change 2011-03-09T15:20:46Z “Magic Circle,” their new album, mostly includes reworkings of classic jazz repertory, saxophone and piano circling each other, fleeing comfort and terra firma. The Playlist: Mavis Staples Warns of Deadly Force, and 9 More New Songs 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Each of these two sets on New Year’s Eve will feature Mr. Zorn on alto saxophone, in a guest capacity. Where to Catch Music and Comedy on New Year’s Eve 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z I had a clarinet, and so I traded that for a new silver tenor saxophone, and that got me started playing the tenor. “If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z But even with amplification, the voices did not always emerge from the thick orchestration, with its synthesizer, two pianos, four saxophones and brasses aplenty. Music Review: President and Opera, on Unexpected Stages 2011-02-03T17:34:09Z The current Arkestra, led by the saxophonist Marshall Allen, reclaims the song without words, as a leisurely bolero with saxophones or wordless voices carrying the succinct melody over Afro-Caribbean percussion. Billie Eilish Contemplates Distraction, and 10 More New Songs 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Three tenor saxophone greats perform on consecutive nights as part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Lessons From Our Masters” series; each will be joined by impressive younger accompanists. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z With Oliver Lake on saxophone, Reggie Workman on bass and Andrew Cyrille on drums, this group could easily dazzle on its own, but its preferred format is usually in partnership with a guest pianist. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z I just remember watching him do that, and get in late, and the way that we bonded was either over music, he played the saxophone. Lazarus Lynch cooks with his whole heart in "Son of a Southern Chef" 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z "I know that was corny, but it was fun," said Dolly, after she played Benny Hill's theme song on a rhinestone-encrusted saxophone. 10 things we learned at Glastonbury 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z There’s the sound of explosions, barking dogs and a storm of violins, saxophone and percussion. Review | Akram Khan delivers a powerful indictment of war in ‘Xenos’ at the Kennedy Center 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Eddy’s Chemistry Set, as Mr. Palermo is calling the scaled-down act, will be less horn-heavy, with only three saxophones instead of the 10 horns in his large group. | West Orange: Ed Palermo to Perform at Luna Stage in West Orange 2012-07-21T04:03:05Z Playing soprano saxophone on “Nardis,” he hit one high trill and held it there, ululating against the band’s swinging undertow. Music Review: Band?s Rapport Runs Deep, and the Undertow Swings 2011-02-23T22:59:31Z Bobby Keys, longtime saxophone player, session musician and touring member of the Rolling Stones, has died in rural Tennessee at age 70. Bobby Keys, longtime Rolling Stones saxophonist, dies at age 70 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z When Ms. Garcia was 10, her mother bought her a Yamaha saxophone; she fell in love with the instrument and never stopped playing it. Nubya Garcia, Tapping Into the Past to Make Jazz for a New Generation 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z What gives this album its own identity is the lineup of timbres, with three saxophones, along with bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, tuba, piano and drums. Music Review: Tony Malaby?s Novela at Jazz Gallery - Review 2011-12-19T22:05:11Z The alto saxophonist and vocalist Braxton Cook has a rare mix of Cannonball Adderley-like saxophone chops and svelte, tightly arranged fusion tunes. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The saxophone, Berlioz thought, is the instrument that most closely resembles the human voice and is “the finest voice we have” for somber works. 2010-01-31T06:12:00Z This time around the Ear Regulars included Harry Allen on tenor saxophone and Neal Miner on bass, and both played with poise. Music Review: The Ear Regulars, Jazz Group at the Ear Inn, South Village 2010-04-26T22:50:00Z I played alto saxophone in high school in nearby Greenwood. Dishing with Morgan Freeman 2012-07-02T20:50:02.250Z Wayne had his nickname, “Mr. Weird,” painted on his saxophone case, and he developed an outsize musical reputation to match. Jazz icon Wayne Shorter can play anything. He’s still trying to say everything. 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z When he does — on bass saxophone, in “The Beginning” — it bears a direct relationship to the contour of the tune. Review: Brian Landrus Trio’s ‘The Deep Below’ Is All About the Bass End 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z His most recent album, the remarkable “New Throned King,” layers his smooth and threadlike saxophone playing over cantos and rhythmic patterns from the Arara people of western Cuba. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Goines plays both tenor saxophone and clarinet with robust warmth and gentlemanly humor. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Shorter started out with his saxophone lines tucked into the group, but was soon sailing atop it. Music Review: Wayne Shorter’s 80th Birthday and Legacy of Perpetual Flux 2013-06-30T21:30:21Z In Endangered Blood, from New York, two horn players are out front: Chris Speed on tenor saxophone and clarinet, Oscar Noriega on alto saxophone and bass clarinet. Critic?s Notebook: New Jazz That Keeps an Ear Trained on the Past 2011-05-06T23:26:31Z Their assorted instruments include mandolin, saxophone, glockenspiel and recorder along with guitar and keyboards; their songs incorporate overlapping pop melodies, giant hollow programmed drumbeats and stretches of rapping. Finding the Joy at South by Southwest: 12 Notable Acts 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Born in Hamlet, North Carolina on 23 September 1926, Coltrane took up alto saxophone at 15, after beginning his musical education on alto horn and clarinet. 50 great moments in jazz: John Coltrane's giant step for improvisation 2010-08-09T15:49:00Z But one section of the dance is unmistakably his, a solo set to a saxophone melody for Shorter that is reminiscent of the opening of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.” At City Ballet, Jamar Roberts and Dancers Find a Common Language 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z “There were so many musicians that said regardless what the public wants I’ll play the way I want to play,” Mr. Tucker, who also sang and played saxophone, once said. Orrin Tucker, Big Band Leader, Dies at 100 2011-04-20T10:43:40Z When he was 5 his family moved to Detroit, where he went on to study saxophone at Miller High School. Yusef Lateef, Innovative Jazz Saxophonist and Flutist, Dies at 93 2013-12-24T19:55:27Z Carl majored in classical guitar in college, so he put some guitar on it, and some saxophone, and Bo played keyboards. Jim James of My Morning Jacket on Lifting a ‘Wet Blanket’ Off a 2003 Album 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Carrington, who grew up in Medford, Massachusetts — just minutes from Berklee in Boston — first played saxophone and piano but fell in love with the drums at 7. Terri Lyne Carrington is the definition of Black Girl Magic. 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Shorter’s tenor saxophone anchors the three disks with a surreal sonority, a wild cry that comes from the heart of sorrow. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Bear brought in Chris Taylor, who played saxophone and clarinet, and Rossen, whom he had known since he was a teenager at jazz camp. Grizzly Bear: freed from captivity 2010-05-27T21:01:00Z He also played a slightly-curved mezzo soprano saxophone, with a deeper timbre. Joe Lovano warms Jazz Alley with 'Bird Songs' 2011-04-29T16:02:04Z In one of Leonard’s most striking images, Lester Young’s cigarette smolders on the lip of a Coke bottle, next to sheet music, his saxophone case and his porkpie hat. Herman Leonard’s intimate portraits of jazz greats draw viewers into smoky clubs 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z She wore Day-Glo colors and brought in saxophones and science fiction. How Poly Styrene Broke the Mold 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Often singing and dancing onstage when the tenor saxophone is not at his lips, Sanders can make a two-chord vamp feel like a flotation device. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z An angry saxophone player rubs his wounded ankle. George Booth, New Yorker Cartoonist of Sublime Zaniness, Dies at 96 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z There’s also Jacob TV’s “Grab It!” for boombox and guitar, plus a saxophone quartet. Classical & Opera Music Listings for Jan. 1-7 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z There’s no mistaking the acerbic sound of Mr. Lake’s alto saxophone; it’s both quizzical and deadly serious. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z In “Not Alone,” a premiere, the saxophone quartet Prism accompanies her exploration of solitude and self, as she asks, “Are we ever really alone?” Dance Listings for April 25-May 1 2014-04-24T22:14:56Z The continual, anguished collapsing seemed cartoony against the score’s antic qualities, its riffs on Franz Liszt with saxophone and harpsichord. Dance Review: ‘Capture/Release’ Uses Lar Lubovitch Dancers 2013-06-26T21:49:30Z As the saxophone largely remained an orchestral Cinderella, it became a staple of military and marching bands and found a secure home among jazz musicians. 2010-01-31T06:12:00Z The principal difference between the live and recorded versions was the increased prominence of saxophone, played by part-time keyboardist Jon Natchez. Review | The War on Drugs: Layers, textures and an up-to-date take on psychedelic rock 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Thomas, who plays saxophone and trumpet, is the festival’s official resident artist. Here’s who to see — and why — at Earshot Jazz Festival 2019 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Larry took up the clarinet at 9 and later taught himself to play the flute, but it was the alto saxophone that was his ticket to fame. Larry Elgart, Who Kept Swing Up to Date, Dies at 95 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Something about the fervency of Ayler’s tenor saxophone sound, and the rhythmic churn of his band, immediately spoke to him. Brooklyn Blowhards Navigate the Free Jazz of Herman Melville 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z From the time Hutchings started making waves about eight years ago, his greatest asset has been his live shows, where his saxophone leads the way through seething corridors of rhythm. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Fools Gold are almost as radical, mixing afro-beat, rock'n'roll saxophone and lyrics sung in both English and Hebrew to get the Festival Republic tent dancing. Blink 182 and a day of old relics at Leeds festival 2010 2010-08-29T10:33:00Z Rafferty's classic record "Baker Street" - renowned worldwide for its distinctive haunting saxophone solo - climbed to No. 3 in the U.K. and No. 2 in the U.S. music charts in 1978. 'Baker Street' singer Gerry Rafferty dead at 63 2011-01-04T22:25:38Z He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and began his career as a clarinetist, but exposure to Charlie Parker recordings inspired him to switch to alto saxophone. 2010-02-11T06:21:00Z Most images showed him with a saxophone, either at the ready or held aloft, in midcry. Memorial Service for David S. Ware, Jazz Saxophonist 2013-01-08T23:13:50Z There is no tradition of what he is doing with the saxophone in any kind of classical music.” Turning 60, John Zorn Sees His Eclecticism as a Musical Norm 2013-07-10T12:00:01Z There’s a set of qualities in Ravi Coltrane’s sound on tenor saxophone — dark, dry and cool — that extends to the character of his bands. Ravi Coltrane and Company Perform at Jazz Standard 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Not surprisingly, Gailloreto felt comfortable composing for saxophone and strings but found himself, well, somewhat at sea writing for two dozen voices. Bringing a jazz pulse to e.e. cummings and friends 2011-03-14T13:54:10Z Steely Dan was a rock band with jazzy aspirations — until the group made “Aja,” a milestone of the fusion years and their first encounter with Shorter’s slippery saxophone playing. Wayne Shorter, a Jazz Hero Whose Goal Was ‘to Fear Nothing’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Messy guitars rip in and out of the bass-led saxophone thump of “Dirty Boys.” David Bowie: Back to His Mysterious Best 2013-03-07T12:00:25Z “My mother hated the saxophone,” Amba said, so she developed a daily routine of practicing in the woods near her house. For the Saxophonist Zoh Amba, Free Jazz Is Gospel 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z The kid-sized guitars and saxophones many fans carried were actually hollow and filled with red booze. Rock in Rio USA is a ball of confusion 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z It helped that Ornette Coleman himself was onstage that drizzly June night in Brooklyn, presiding like Buddha, occasionally shedding tears, even though he didn’t play much saxophone. The Decade in Jazz: 10 Definitive Moments 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z He didn't want to endlessly rework the Great American Songbook or scat at a million notes a minute, as if he were a saxophone. This week's new live music 2013-04-06T05:00:15Z Charles Lloyd seemed perfectly at home onstage at the Village Vanguard on Sunday night, working with standard equipment: his tenor saxophone, his quartet, his tunes. Review: Charles Lloyd Returns to the Village Vanguard 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z He likes a deep, rich pitch, and when he plays the saxophone, he prefers his alto and tenor to his soprano. Can snakes really be charmed by music? 2013-09-11T21:35:00Z There were free-improvised solos, altissimo saxophone squeals and loud, surging sections, but nothing became chaotic; a sense of space and order subsumed everything else. Music Review: Wayne Horvitz and Royal Room Collective at the Stone 2013-05-22T21:46:01Z The saxophone is such a major presence in Springsteen's music that it's difficult to imagine many of his songs being performed without it. Clemons' death leaves void for Springsteen 2011-06-19T18:16:03Z On the new version, the first sound you hear is the steady baritone saxophone line of Danny Ray Thompson, who played on the original too; he died just months after this newer recording was made. Beyoncé’s Surprise Juneteenth Anthem, and 12 More New Songs 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z With that in mind, an in recognition of Ravenscroft’s passing, Pop & Hiss offers an entirely subjective selection of 10 other great saxophone moments in pop history: R.I.P. Raphael Ravenscroft: More sax that made music pop 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z And I learned that I was really good at playing the saxophone. For His Second Act, Nnamdi Asomugha Made Preparation His Byword 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z All the instruments influence me vocally, whether it be saxophone or guitar or organ or piano. Van Morrison Would Rather Play Jazz Than Talk About It 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z He sticks to baritone saxophone on a pair of songbook standards, each a jazz-historical tribute. Review: Brian Landrus Trio’s ‘The Deep Below’ Is All About the Bass End 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z More than any other jazz guitarist of the post-bop era, Pat Metheny has given the instrument as natural and prominent a place in jazz as a trumpet or a saxophone. 50 great moments in jazz: Pat Metheny 2011-04-06T15:58:53Z The quartet — called Feathery, in what seems like a reference to the dabbed, gossamer tone of Ms. Bloch’s saxophone — also includes the bassist Cameron Brown and the drummer Billy Mintz. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “I’m tired of being in love, I’m sick of being in pain,” they chant together in a punky cadence, shouting to be heard over a cacophony that now includes Coxon’s blaring saxophone. Björk Insists on Connection, and 11 More New Songs 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Just a handful of artists at the show are from Kerala, a sore point for Sebastian Thomas, a retiree who plays the saxophone at a local hotel. In India, Building Bridges Between Life and Art 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Most of these composers associate the saxophone with sensuality and gorgeousness, and sometimes, more awkwardly, with orientalist notions of the foreign. Debussy/ d'Indy/ Schmitt/ Tomasi/ Maurice: Works for saxophone and orchestra |CD review 2010-10-07T21:30:00Z Eric holds up his saxophone to the microphone stand, a few notes of “Talk Dirty ” now filling the room. Go Go Gadjet reigns supreme at Dewey Beach. Can the kings of the weekend go national? The sound of the saxophones playing this Chinese tune closely resembles the sound of the reed organ appearing on the Guinness and other musical boxes that include “Sinfa.” Classical: Puccini Opera Echoes a Music Box at the Morris Museum 2012-06-17T01:03:03Z This comparative newcomer, previously limited to low-profile sideman stints and self-produced projects, suddenly started appearing at rock festivals and on TV shows, in some cases reaching audiences that may never have seen a saxophone before. ‘Heaven and Earth’ by Kamasi Washington Review: Musical Miracle Worker? 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The usual sonic cliches of the “quiet-storm” sound aren’t much in evidence: the unctuous saxophones, the stacks of synthetic keyboard goo. Album review: Rhye, 'Woman' 2013-03-04T05:46:00Z I’m thinking of Greg Ward, whose long and searching alto saxophone solo in “Third Option” is one of the best things I’ve heard on record this year. Playlist: CDs by People, Places & Things, and Anibal Velasquez 2010-04-30T19:54:00Z Several of the composers will also perform; Wednesday’s program includes a blue-chip trio, with Mr. Abrams on piano, Mr. Mitchell on saxophones and flute and Mr. Lewis on electronics and trombone. Jazz Listings for April 24-30 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Some of Mr. Ibrahim’s songs are arranged as chorales, with hymnal voicings for three saxophones and trombone. Playlist: Look Back at a Legend, Then Revisit Disco 2011-04-01T21:50:45Z The order that Coleman overturned with, seemingly, a blast from his alto saxophone is, in a word, bebop. Ornette Coleman’s Revolution 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z “I went in an amateur saxophone player,” he said on the podcast. Seymour Press, a Behind-the-Scenes Fixture on Broadway, Dies at 98 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z He took up ukelele, bass and, as he got older, piano, guitar and saxophone. Happy Birthday David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust Turns 65 2012-01-09T13:00:34Z Upstarts holding drumsticks and saxophone cases lined up on the stairs to rotate in. The best jazz clubs in Paris 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Washington’s eight-piece jazz band — including a singer, two drummers, and Mr. Washington’s father, Rickey, on soprano saxophone — arrayed itself in a circle on it, looking inward. Review: Kamasi Washington’s Spiritual Circle, Looking Inward 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Outside McCaw Hall, a lone saxophone player serenades arrivals with jazzy tunes. ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ at Seattle Opera offers an unlikely mash-up of jazz and opera. How well does it work? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z He surrounds himself with strong, if careful, arrangements: congas and shakers, harmonizing backup singers, buzzing tenor saxophone solos, Cuban piano figures on his version of Ty Segall’s “It No. 3.” New Music: Albums From Real Estate, Linda Perhacs and Nick Waterhouse 2014-03-03T23:08:37Z Small bands with two alto saxophones are uncommon. Music Review: Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bunky Green and Common Ground 2010-04-21T22:42:00Z Another spontaneous invention featured Daniel Carter on alto saxophone and piano; Joe Morris on bass; and Andrew Cyrille, a former employer of Mr. Ware’s, on drums. Memorial Service for David S. Ware, Jazz Saxophonist 2013-01-08T23:13:50Z Two songs that have long been evolving in the band’s live sets, “Can’t Stop” and “Idea of You,” include alto saxophone from LeRoi Moore, a founding band member who died in 2008. Dave Matthews Sings to the Next Generation on ‘Come Tomorrow’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Franklin lies behind the beat the way Frank Sinatra often did, with the syncopated phrasing of a great trumpet or saxophone player. Aretha Franklin shows how to sing the 'Great Diva Classics' 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z “Eternally Even” fairly bursts with layers of drums, saxophone, strings, organs and much more. Gather ’round the Jim James campfire: “I have this weird apocalyptic vision of once the power goes out” 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z She said she wanted sax for a sense of nostalgia in “Edge of Glory” and “Hair,” and said at the time "it's really interesting, because it's putting saxophone on this really huge electronic record." R.I.P. Raphael Ravenscroft: More sax that made music pop 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Playing bass saxophone and occasionally alto, he uses fingers, breath, extended techniques — including circular breathing, overblown multiphonics and vocalizing while playing — and sheer astonishing stamina to perform. Playlist: From Soft, Feathery Vocals to Locomotive Sax 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z Last Wednesday, as skies darkened in New York because of Canadian wildfires, he played mostly jazz standards — including, pointedly, Jerome Kern’s “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” — with Chris Potter, the storied tenor saxophone player. A New Festival Freely Dips Into Jazz and Classical Music 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z It’s there on “December 11th,” named for the day she died, and on “The Eternal Stillness,” on which a tired yawn of lissome, high-pitched saxophone harmony leads to a restive, sparring exchange. Marta Sánchez Finds Beauty in Loss With a Refreshed Quintet 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z They are sparkling virtuosos and their clever, tidy arrangements for various combinations of clarinet, alto and tenor saxophone are smart and refreshing. Peter and Will Anderson play joyous jazz | Concert preview 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Walking past a music shop when he was 11, he spotted a shiny tenor saxophone in the window and was intrigued by its complexity — its multitude of buttons and keys. At 80, Billy Harper’s Rhapsodic Saxophone Is Still a Towering Force 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z He played both alto and tenor saxophone as well as flute, and he was best known for his "Moody's Mood for Love," an improvisational version of popular 1930s song "I'm in the Mood for Love." Jazz great James Moody dies of cancer, age 85 2010-12-10T20:16:00Z Besides his hard-hitting saxophone performances, Mr. Keys became known for his unabashed indulgence in the rock-and-roll life. Bobby Keys, longtime saxophonist with the Rolling Stones, dies at 70 Taking advantage of advances in recording technology, he developed a distinctive “Elgart sound,” which emphasized tight choregraphy between the silky-smooth saxophone section and the rich, brilliant horns, to which he added two bass trombones. Larry Elgart, Who Kept Swing Up to Date, Dies at 95 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The gala was last held in Los Angeles in 2008, which included that year's saxophone competition. Thelonious Monk Competition, gala returns to L.A. in November 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The orchestral repertoire for saxophone rests on just a handful of 20th Century pieces, so classical players like McAllister have to look further afield. Classical Saxophone in Proms spotlight 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z “I worked on the ‘Carnival of Venice’ song on my alto saxophone, and that’s a piece where the dynamics are very important,” he said. How Indian Americans Came to Love the Spelling Bee 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z As soon as he started playing a jaunty saxophone melody to open the track “Up Song,” he was greeted by whoops from the audience. Black Country, New Road, a Breakout Band, Starts Over (Again) 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z She’ll lead a band that includes Anthony Ware on tenor saxophone, Victor Gould on piano and Lawrence Leathers on drums. Jazz Listings for Feb. 19-25 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z He uses the big saxophone to run bass lines as well as to improvise melodies. Emily Asher's throwing a Garden Party | Concert preview 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z He also bought a white plastic alto saxophone, which became a visual emblem of his early years. Ornette Coleman, Jazz Innovator, Dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Many of the album's hypnotic, glowing timbres were produced by looping and slowing down Coxhill's saxophone phrases, a tribute to the sound and intonation of his playing. Lol Coxhill obituary 2012-07-11T17:19:52Z Or perhaps you're simply curious about what her saxophone playing is like these days. Imogen Stubbs answers your questions – live chat 2013-04-02T15:05:25Z In Keats’s book, published in 1971, the boys wander through their rundown building on a rainy evening, trying to locate the harmonica music they hear; in this version the haunting strains come from a saxophone. Spare Times for Children for May 10-16 2013-05-09T22:20:20Z Long celebrated as an eminence of improvisational music, he plays his soprano saxophone using circular breathing techniques, inhaling and exhaling simultaneously, making the notes go nonstop for minutes on end. Perspective | Two saxophone masters delivered resonance in pandemic times — but one of them sounded a bad note on vaccines 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The program included two distinctive quartets that record for Innova: Zeitgeist, a mixed group from the Twin Cities, and the Prism Quartet, a saxophone ensemble based in New York and Philadelphia. Music Review: Subtleties No Recording Could Catch 2011-06-01T22:20:06Z Ms. Thurman doubles as a vocalist and a reeds player, and then she doubles again: She’s proficient on both tenor saxophone and flute. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z He played the saxophone, mostly alto, through his adolescence. ‘It has to be hot. It has to be creative’: Don Cheadle on his 10-year quest to play Miles Davis 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z It was the Coast Guard Academy band, in New London, Conn., that allowed Kelli O’Connor, a conservatory-trained clarinet and saxophone player, to make a living. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z Lloyd, a tenor saxophone luminary and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, maintains Zen-like control, whether searing through a climactic solo or playing a smoothly searching melody at medium tempo. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z A saxophone solo by Lehman, 44, adds textures that he’s honed on his alto instrument: slantwise methods that he developed in formal training and time on the New York scene. An Artist Embodies an Approach to Music Without Borders 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The saxophone is so closely associated with jazz and big bands that we tend to forget that its inventor, Adolphe Sax, envisioned it as an orchestral instrument. Debussy/ d'Indy/ Schmitt/ Tomasi/ Maurice: Works for saxophone and orchestra |CD review 2010-10-07T21:30:00Z The saxophone — sweet, urban, loud, intriguingly lurid — offers far different pleasures than those found in the more delicate oboe. Marsalis, Philadelphia orchestra go by the book at the Wallis 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z These sets offer a rare opportunity to hear Mr. Iyer, a pianist of rippling momentum and a latter-day musical thought leader, alongside the quicksilver saxophone of Mr. Coltrane. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Liebman's albums can sound, positively and negatively, like spur-of-the-moment ventures, but he's a saxophone master and in good, provocative company here. Dave Liebman/Lewis Porter: Surreality – review 2012-11-29T21:40:01Z The first shot one sees is a close-up of a musician's mouth and the reed of his saxophone. Down but not out 2010-04-09T23:11:00Z In this piece, synthesizer and saxophone create piercing dissonances that are sustained to the point where sonic boundaries blur, throb and flicker. Review: Either/Or, at University Settlement, Is Inspired by Boredom and Writer’s Block 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Burnett will present “New Spectrums in Electronic Acoustics,” a suite in which he will augment his saxophone with a range of electronic effects and processors. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z And by autumn’s end, he will have released three new albums this year, each with a different guitar trio and each casting its own light on his Lester Young-goes-to-Joshua Tree saxophone sound. 75 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z A track called “Why She Loves” opens with a saxophone prologue in free tempo, slips into a melody played as if on tiptoe and opens up to a trumpet solo with no visible horizon. Review: The Trumpeter Adam O’Farrill Shines in ‘Stranger Days’ 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The thing they do is translate the music of Merle Haggard, the gruff but nuanced country legend, into a form that works for two saxophones, guitar, bass and drums. New Music: Young Jeezy, Nero, and Bryan and the Haggards - Review 2011-12-19T22:55:56Z They pulse and swirl, approachable even as they court abstraction: a credit to the players, especially Todd Neufeld on guitar and Loren Stillman on alto saxophone. Ambrose Akinmusire, Drake, the Roots, St. Vincent 2011-12-17T03:03:14Z He challenges a saxophone to a fist fight on "Let Me Move You." Hendrix at 70: New album offers different look 2013-03-05T19:25:24Z But the later phase of the saxophone radical’s brief career, when he experimented with funk and blues, and incorporated vocals from his partner Mary Maria Parks, is still overlooked. Boxing Up the Past: The Year in 16 Pop, Rap, Soul and Jazz Sets 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Forming its core is the James Carter Organ Trio, a well-grounded unit with nearly a decade of working history: Mr. Carter on saxophones, Gerard Gibbs on organ and Leonard King Jr. on drums. New Music: Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Claudia Quintet - New Albums 2011-10-11T00:13:28Z That applies no less to the tracks featuring Mr. Peplowski on tenor saxophone, an instrument he plays with sportive grace, nodding obliquely at Ben Webster and Lester Young. Critics' Choice: New Music by Justin Bieber and Dum Dum Girls 2010-03-21T20:58:00Z This is one of many personal gestures Mr. Hutchings uses that don’t have a lot to do with the broader lexicon of the jazz saxophone. With Sons of Kemet, Shabaka Hutchings Brings London Jazz Into the Spotlight 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Often it was Stuart Matthewman, on saxophone and guitar, who grabbed the spotlight, almost stealing the show for himself. Music Review: A Singer in No Rush, Deploying Her Big Gestures Carefully 2011-06-22T22:19:04Z Last year he released a striking album, “Yo Soy La Tradición,” featuring music sourced largely from Puerto Rican folk traditions, retrofitted for saxophone and string quartet. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z In Norfolk, Bonds and Daddy G. knew Springsteen’s future saxophone player Clarence Clemons, who grew up nearby, but who was younger and was in a different crowd. Gary U.S. Bonds at Seventy-five 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Helen, though the villain, is a lot more entertaining, especially with that saxophone. L.A. revival of 'A Taste of Honey,' the 1958 play that dared to make a gay character its moral center 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Getz had never seen the music before, but the solos he improvised on tenor saxophone were so graceful, tender and assured that, in a single day, he forever defined how bossa nova should be played. Blame it on ‘Jazz Samba’: Bossa nova craze started in D.C. His growling, howling vocals – an instrument that he used to imitate a saxophone or a wild animal -- flowed through unstable musical structures. Captain Beefheart, dead at 69: Music as an action painting 2010-12-19T12:42:58Z "That's the music that really inspires me to just keep practicing and become a better saxophone player." Kenny G plays Seattle's Jazz Alley for the first time 2012-04-19T20:28:03Z But Mr. Hancock moved on, inexorably, to the music of his Head Hunters period, with Mr. Maupin joining him on tenor saxophone for “Chameleon.” ‘A Great Night in Harlem’ Salutes Herbie Hancock 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z A fuller UK residency for this master of post-bop saxophone is long overdue. George Garzone – review 2013-06-30T14:16:00Z Each holds a tiny instrument — a tuba, a saxophone, a harp, a violin — also made of paper. Eric Joisel, French Sculptor of Origami, Dies at 53 2010-10-20T04:06:00Z Both albums featured Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone and Tony Williams on drums; “Evolution” also featured Lee Morgan on trumpet and Mr. McLean, while the “Some Other Stuff” lineup included Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone. Grachan Moncur III, Trombonist Whose Star Shone Briefly, Dies at 85 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z And then there is Sanders’s tenor saxophone, a glistening and peaceful sound, deployed mindfully throughout the album. Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points Meet in the Atmosphere 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z "The Chicago metal music scene is not defined by a particular sound, per se, since no two bands are alike," says Bruce Lamont, singer and saxophone player for the metal band Yakuza. America's Musical Cities 2010-07-07T21:20:00Z Mr. Lopez throttles the bass, plucking and bowing it with relentless fervor; Mr. Baczkowski, who’s based in Buffalo, uses effects pedals to amplify, distort and detonate the sound of his tenor saxophone. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z He played several musical instruments, primarily the alto saxophone, but also including a "string organ" that he patented. Paul Kriwaczek obituary 2011-03-17T19:00:53Z He can be quite tasty, can Robbie: he once pushed me up against the wall for putting a saxophone solo on Let Me Entertain You. The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows 2011-08-04T22:00:01Z The melody — a series of tandem maneuvers for trumpet and saxophone — pushed against that foundation, setting up a spiky tension. Music Review: Steve Coleman and Five Elements at the Stone 2013-04-24T22:09:59Z More than a pied piper, Mr. Ewart kept switching between saxophone, flute, whistles and a bullroarer, sometimes playing more than one at time. ‘Dancing Through the Bronx’ Makes a Stop at Wave Hill 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z It added: "He loved the saxophone, loved our fans and gave everything he had every night he stepped on stage." Springsteen saxophone player dies 2011-06-19T04:10:33Z In his youth, America's former poet laureate, Robert Pinsky, played the saxophone and wanted to be a jazz musician. Former poet laureate sees jazz everywhere in American culture 2010-10-12T20:39:00Z After a stint in the Compulsive Gamblers, a Memphis band that included violin and saxophone, Cartwright and Yarber “actively tried to escape that sound and do something a little more abrasive and groove-oriented” in Oblivians. Oblivians return, chaos follows 2013-07-03T14:57:00Z There are very few Bloland recordings out there, but here’s a live take on “Of Dust and Sand,” a piece on “Chamber Industrial” for alto saxophone and a piano whose strings are vibrated by electromagnets: Classical Music This Week: Schubert, Bloland and Lip-Synching ‘Salome’ 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z On alto saxophone, his main instrument, he has an attractively mellow sound, rooted in soul and gospel and sharpened with just a hint of metallic tang. Gerald Albright and Karen Mantler Release Albums 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Beefy saxophones and horns add richness, and with denser percussion, the overall effect is of a jungle or aviary, a swirling bustle — but in a dewy, pastoral key. From a Composer’s Resurgence, a Masterpiece Rises 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z With martial drums, warring saxophones and mad-eyed intensity, they recall not so much the sound of post-punk as its intimidating severity. Glastonbury festival final day 2010-06-28T20:30:00Z She delivers a sweet and sour mix of billowy chord progressions and quesy string and saxophone atmospherics with her quintet. Pitchfork Festival Day 2: 2013-07-20T23:51:00Z He performs a solo recital on soprano saxophone as part of the Interpretations series; sharing the bill is the duo of Earl Howard, on synthesizers and electronics, and J. D. Parran on flutes. Jazz Listings for Sept. 19-25 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Coleman has a warm and ample sound on the tenor saxophone, but he improvises with streamlined focus. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Periodically, she would take the saxophone from her mouth and blurt out an observation or a quip, typically something personal, mostly about how she was coping with life in the Trump era. For Women in Jazz, a Year of Reckoning and Recognition 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z There's the auditory impression of the saxophone itself, which King describes as a kind of barreling, bawdy instrument. Why "Yakety Sax" makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z The voice of his saxophone, the voice of the pipe organ, the human voice, the collective voice of an eight-piece band. Meshell Ndegeocello’s Magnificent Mix, and 9 More New Songs 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Or perhaps you heard his music as the composer of scores for “Get Shorty” and “Mystery Train,” or as the leader and saxophone player for his raucous jazz group, the Lounge Lizards. Cult favorite John Lurie is back, with an old alter ego 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Even for the most skilled saxophone players, "Yakety Sax" is highly challenging to perform. Why "Yakety Sax" makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z The saxophone part for that work called for a classically-trained saxophonist who could play a very difficult part in a 1950s jazz-style. Classical Saxophone in Proms spotlight 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z His father’s cousin, he said, played the saxophone and introduced him to the instrument; Mr. Press later added flute, clarinet, piccolo and others to his arsenal. Seymour Press, a Behind-the-Scenes Fixture on Broadway, Dies at 98 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z As Charlie Parker did with alto saxophone, Dizzy Gillespie with trumpet and J.J. Jazz clarinet great Buddy DeFranco dead at 91 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Now 78, he retains an ebullient stage presence and a broad, enchanting tenor saxophone sound. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z In addition to a solo performance, he’ll lead a trio with Mark Shim on saxophone and electronic wind instrument and Damion Reid on drums. Jazz Listings for Oct. 14-20 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Instead, as the album’s title suggests, it’s a sonic register: low and deep, Mr. Landrus’s natural range on baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, bass flute and bass clarinet. Review: Brian Landrus Trio’s ‘The Deep Below’ Is All About the Bass End 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z He had piano lessons at first but took up the alto saxophone when he was 12, later becoming proficient on tenor and baritone saxophones and majoring on the flute. Buddy Collette obituary 2010-10-06T17:06:00Z “Proximity” otherwise features a balance of simmering idylls and hard-nosed sparring sessions, with drums and saxophone always mutually engaged. Andrew Cyrille’s Late-Career Renaissance 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Cool little touches abound – the way the strings momentarily melt the escalating tension in "Under the Pressure," then recede; the way an almost subliminal saxophone undergirds "Red Eyes" while synthesizers whir in the distance. War on Drugs finds better chemistry 2014-03-07T20:07:00Z With his technical fluency, strategic melodic thinking and cleanly dusted tone, Wendel has become an idol to an entire generation of young tenor saxophone students. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z He was the first guy to use the Dobro in a more modern way, to phrase it more like a saxophone, or some other instrument.” Mike Auldridge Dies at 73; Lent Dobro Fresh Elegance 2013-01-01T02:21:53Z Mr. Stetson, who plays alto, tenor and bass saxophones, recorded these songs live, in single takes, and emerged with songs that are elegantly composed and violently textured. Playlist: New Music by George Strait, Colin Stetson and N.O.R.E. 2013-05-24T22:50:59Z I got a saxophone coach who was also in the film and we played for just over a year. For His Second Act, Nnamdi Asomugha Made Preparation His Byword 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Retreat to the south of France with a four-track recorder and suitcases stuffed with saxophones, apparently. Johnny Borrell: Borrell 1 – review 2013-07-18T20:25:00Z Her 2017 video “We hold where study,” which was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art, features four dancers using their sense of touch to improvise choreography over a looping saxophone soundtrack. An Artist’s Queer Take on ‘Moby-Dick’ 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Josh Karpeh, who records as Cautious Clay, croons those and more over cozy acoustic guitar chords and a creeping bass line, with wisps of falsetto vocals and saxophone in the background. The Playlist: Nicki Minaj Is Ready to Rumble, and 11 More New Songs 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z It's early rock ’n’ roll of the rockabilly kind, including piano, accordion, saxophone and steel guitar. Music Match: If You Like Bill Haley and His Comets, Try JD McPherson 2013-08-13T13:00:01Z Otherwise the band’s personnel is as on the album, with Loren Stillman on alto saxophone, Jacob Garchik on trombone and Mark Ferber on drums. Jazz Listings for Nov. 21-27 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z At another, he turned a saxophone tone into the sound of chimes or cracking ice, and, later, bagpipes or an animal roar. Music Review: Hubble and Diamond Terrifier at Zebulon - Review 2011-12-21T22:48:40Z Inspired by King Pleasure, the saxophonist on the Coasters’s hit “Yakety Yak,” Mr. Keys taught himself to play the saxophone and was working professionally by age 15. Bobby Keys, longtime saxophonist with the Rolling Stones, dies at 70 Switching sides involves his dropping the “s” in Mels, learning to gyrate on the dance floor and buying a black-market saxophone. Movie Review: Russian Musical ?Hipsters? From Valery Todorovsky 2012-02-23T23:58:22Z When you hear him, you get it: His saxophone is too light to feel like a solid substance, but too graspable to be vapor. Charles Lloyd Revels in the Flow on a Stellar Live Album 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z For “After All” Mr. Clausen took the lead against a purr of saxophones. Alt-Rock Hub, Purring With Jazz 2010-08-26T19:16:00Z Here the saxophone sounded suitable, and so was Marsalis' smooth lyricism. Marsalis, Philadelphia orchestra go by the book at the Wallis 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Schumer plays a saxophone, tries to buy a shirt and is elected president of the United States. What’s on TV Thursday 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z His father played the clarinet, saxophone, and piano, and both he and his brother Alex were schooled on the latter instrument from the age of six. Eddie Van Halen dies at 65 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Plus, when you hear a jazz saxophone improvising over that, the listeners can hear that this comes from the world of jazz. Bringing a jazz pulse to e.e. cummings and friends 2011-03-14T13:54:10Z He opened his performance with "Judges," the tile track of one of his albums, playing bass saxophone with an assertive expressivity. ArtsBeat: Winter Jazzfest: Colin Stetson - Saxophone Whiz Inspired by a Whale 2013-01-13T09:16:43Z And with its surging chorus and irresistible saxophone riff, album opener “Run Away With Me” is even more euphoric than Jepsen’s breakout hit. Carly Rae Jepsen Brings a Grownup Note to Giddy Pop 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z On its 1990s albums, Matthews’s guitar — often acoustic — was the band’s only chordal instrument, joined in light-fingered counterpoint by saxophone, violin, bass and drums for staccato grooves that blended folk, funk and jazz. Dave Matthews Band’s Grown-Up View of Love and Dread 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation” ends with Harry Caul, the surveillance agent played by Gene Hackman, blowing his saxophone amid the wreckage of his own guilt and paranoia. ‘Billions’ Season 1 Finale Recap: A Wendy, Scorned 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z The intensifying strokes, though, back then — and likewise on Tuesday, the first night of Mr. Threadgill’s return engagement at the Vanguard — were his alto saxophone solos. Henry Threadgill and Zooid at the Village Vanguard 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The Global Music Foundation's weekend of concerts and workshops at London's Kings Place featured the Kansas saxophone star Bobby Watson headlining a crack international team of performer-teachers. Bobby Watson/GMF festival – review 2013-04-01T15:57:27Z “About three quarters of the band was involved in the workshop phase of the show,” explained Antibalas founder Martin Perna, whose popping baritone saxophone anchors the group’s horn section. Antibalas Afro-beat breaks out 2012-12-06T21:46:37Z The sound of a soprano saxophone announced the next section, in which Ms. Adebanjo and the musician Douglas R. Ewart led the audience down a winding path and across an expanse of lawn. ‘Dancing Through the Bronx’ Makes a Stop at Wave Hill 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z She's got star quality in her voice, but her band's chamber pop arrangements featuring cello and saxophone didn't really coalesce into anything memorable until the closing, slow-build song. SXSW 2012: It's a wrap 2012-03-18T19:19:00Z “Stupid Is as Stupid Does” enlists a sharp horn section, with Hubert Laws on flute, Nicholas Payton on trumpet and Bob Sheppard on tenor saxophone, but never surmounts its own glibness. Critics? Choice: CDs by Blake Shelton, Mike Posner, George Duke 2010-08-08T22:33:00Z Springsteen's E Street Band tour will be his first since the June death of saxophone player Clarence Clemons, who suffered a stroke and died six days later at age 69. Bruce Springsteen announces 2012 world tour 2011-11-21T16:20:02Z The tune started with a scalar prelude, played by trumpet and alto saxophone in prayerful unison, before the onset of a dronelike ostinato. Music Review: At the Jazz Standard, a Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie 2010-04-02T22:54:00Z It’s similar to the clarinet—if you can play the clarinet, you can play the saxophone. “If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z So I thought I should make an album of piano ballads, possibly with saxophone. Gruff Rhys: 'I've been trying to build a hotel out of shampoo bottles' 2011-02-06T00:06:04Z He moved in whorls on alto saxophone, his face wide open — both blank and intent — as if he were in the midst of a harrowing revelation. A Revolution in Jazz? An Avant-Garde Festival Makes History, but Not Community 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z She said she was planning to attend a concert by the band Rockridge Station; her uncle, Tom Muscarella, was a lead singer and saxophone player. When a First Date Becomes a Family Reunion 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z We created that piece for a performance at the American Center there, with the bass saxophones. A Pioneering Black Composer Keeps Pushing 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z On Tuesday and Wednesday she appears in two different trios: Sam Newsome on saxophone and Andrew Cyrille on drums the first night; Andrew Bishop on saxophone and Tom Rainey on drums the second. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z This tribute, led by a former associate, the pianist George Cables, features Abraham Burton and Craig Handy on saxophones; Joe Locke on vibraphone; Gerald Cannon on bass; and Lewis Nash on drums. Jazz Listings for Feb. 20-26 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z On the track “Rhapsody,” you can hear Hemphill’s alertness on soprano saxophone, as Wadud switches between thick, strummed playing and lyrical bowing. ‘Mastery and Transgression’ in Music That Bridges Genres 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z He played the saxophone and dabbled on other instruments, like the guitar, violin and flute, but "the harmonica spoke to me," Blue said. Sugar Blue played harp with the Rolling Stones 2011-01-06T22:10:05Z When he was developing his style, he explained, “I’d try and get that lush sound of a tenor saxophone.” Jim Hall, Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 83 2013-12-11T03:50:57Z With the “S II Examples,” I had that curved soprano saxophone. A Pioneering Black Composer Keeps Pushing 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Here, the wail of a saxophone cut through the space like a siren while Ms. Bullock’s voice turned chilly and hard. Review: A Haunting Tribute to Josephine Baker Arrives at the Met Museum 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z One actor had a heart attack during a Philadelphia performance; a dancer caused a heart attack when she flew off the stage, into the pit and onto a saxophone player. Attend the Tale of ‘Anyone Can Whistle,’ Then and Now 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z And he’s a frolicsome performer, given to hip swivels and bowlegged squats, along with a constant rotation of tenor, alto and soprano saxophones. Music Review: Dave Koz and BeBe Winans at Bergen Performing Arts Center 2012-06-24T21:39:13Z He said, "If you ever put a saxophone solo on one of my tracks, I will kill you." The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows 2011-08-04T22:00:01Z The saxophone concerto “Xiaoxiang,” a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2015, was inspired by the tale of a villager whose husband was killed by a Communist official during the Cultural Revolution. For Composer Lei Liang, Technology Brings a Different Transcendence 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z In the 1940s the family moved to New York, where he taught himself to play accordion, violin, saxophone and clarinet and studied percussion at Juilliard. Johnny Pacheco, an idol in world of salsa, dies at age 85 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z And if the home of a professional saxophonist often resembles a small-town music shop of decades past, with perhaps a dozen instruments, Frank Catalano’s home is more like a saxophone Wal-Mart. Chicago News Cooperative: A Home Where ?Strike Up the Band? Is No Idle Order 2011-08-07T06:45:06Z The slippery, protean flow of Charles Lloyd’s saxophone playing seeps into the rest of his band on this live album, recorded live in Santa Barbara, Calif., on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Best Jazz Albums of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z His sound on the tenor saxophone, his primary instrument, was distinctive: taut and throaty, slightly burred, dark-hued. Sam Rivers, Jazz Musician, Dies at 88 2011-12-28T00:24:59Z Mr. Zorn is listed as playing alto saxophone on Saturday, and he has a habit of sticking to the plan. John Zorn at the Village Vanguard 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z The modern frames were cool sometimes, but it was individual performances, especially from Marc Cary on electric piano and Marcus Strickland on tenor saxophone, that put it over. Music Review: McCoy Tyner Helps Claim a Corner of a Harlem Park for Jazz 2010-08-29T22:37:00Z Though it plies some of the same classic territory, Endangered Species is a more concentrated chamber group with the intriguing instrumentation of accordion, bass saxophone and trombone. Emily Asher's throwing a Garden Party | Concert preview 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Redman’s slithering tenor saxophone melody glides upward, then slowly drops back down toward terra firma with a series of clean, detached notes. Redman, Mehldau, McBride and Blade Take Another Spin, 26 Years Later 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Clemons began playing saxophone at the age of nine after receiving one unexpectedly from his father for Christmas. Springsteen saxophone player dies 2011-06-19T04:10:33Z Its founder and one of its main composers, Clément Mélomé, was on saxophone. Music Review: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Plays Funk 2010-07-12T21:54:00Z Last year's winner of the Monk Institute's saxophone competition, Aldana had a twisting, soft-handed tone; her nimble trio deserved better than a crowd still finding its seats. Playboy Jazz Festival keeps the party moving at the Bowl 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z But its chamber repertory is sorely limited, as Matt Levy found when, as a student at the University of Michigan 25 years ago, he started the Prism Quartet, a classical saxophone ensemble. 2010-01-31T06:12:00Z Written for "any loud-sounding group of instruments," this time a dozen players included toy pianos, accordion, saxophone and electric guitar. Rush of music sometimes lacking in refinement 2011-05-29T19:51:17Z As a result, listeners hear "gorgeous pairings of baritone saxophone and tuba, French horn with alto saxophone – it's just beautiful music to my ears," says Hogarth. Miles Davis' 'Birth of the Cool' heats up again 2011-03-07T15:00:00Z He then introduced one of his new Kenny G soprano saxophones, offering to sell it to anyone in the house and give the proceeds to the Jazz Alley serving staff. Seattle-bred sax star Kenny G wows crowd in Jazz Alley debut 2012-04-27T18:20:04Z The ominous sound of doom emanates out of a heartbeat, distorted guitar, and film noir saxophone. In “The Crossing” Alejandro Escovedo has crafted a rock n roll immigration epic poem 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Playing soprano saxophone, Mr. Redman joins in the fun, scampering around the beat, bending notes, blowing some of them up like balloons. Redman, Mehldau, McBride and Blade Take Another Spin, 26 Years Later 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Most of the songs on “Emotion” belong to this category, from the opener, “Run Away With Me,” with its earnest saxophone wail, to the ecstatically yearning final track, “When I Needed You.” Carly Rae Jepsen’s Ecstatic Hymns to Love 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z From the opening “wah” of the cupped trombone, through the white-hot trumpet bursts, to the saxophone mini-cadenza, this piece grips me like a vise. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z A black man in a three-piece suit played saxophone for tips, and an intense young woman with spiked hair and skinny jeans photographed him from all kinds of angles. I took my dead father to a Red Sox game 2013-03-09T15:00:00Z This tribute, led by a former associate, the pianist George Cables, features Victor Lewis on drums; Abraham Burton and Craig Handy on saxophones; Dezron Douglas on bass; and Joe Locke on vibraphone. Jazz Listings for Feb. 26-Mar. 3 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Jarrett plays with imperious precision even when he’s reaching for the ecstatic, and Jan Garbarek exudes iridescent poise on tenor saxophone. Playlist: New Music by Rumer, Donald Vega, Keith Jarrett and Corb Lund 2012-08-10T13:59:29Z Shortly after the Bologna dates, Mr. Mitchell and his soprano saxophone joined another ensemble, conducted by Petr Kotik, for a performance in Ostrava, in the Czech Republic, later released on the Wide Hive imprint. Orchestras Looking to Broaden Horizons? Start Improvising 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z But then there’s Tiler Peck, a sprightly flute to Ms. Mearns’s saxophone. Dance Review: New York City Ballet in New ?Carillons? at Koch Theater 2012-01-29T23:23:55Z Franzo, who is now known as Archbishop King, switches from liturgy to saxophone and back. Fifty Years of Worship at the Church of John Coltrane 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Shorter says, transporting himself into a nightclub, holding an invisible saxophone in his hands. Jazz icon Wayne Shorter can play anything. He’s still trying to say everything. 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The early returns are good: An appearance at Winter Jazzfest, where the new trio was joined by the tenor saxophone luminary David Murray, showed how ably the young players have adapted to Allen’s personal style. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z It was the kind of tour de force this saxophone colossus has been delivering for half a century. 50 great moments in jazz: The rise of saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins 2010-05-11T14:05:00Z Just to look down into the pit and see five or six saxophones and two pianos creating an extraordinary texture gives me an enormous pleasure. Renée Fleming Adds a New Role to Her Repertoire: Pat Nixon 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Novel implements afforded further expressive potential: Ravel’s saxophone, Strauss’s wind machine, Respighi’s phonograph and Varèse’s magnetic tape. Music Review | Argento Chamber Ensemble: Sneezes, Hiccups, Laughs and a Chamber Group 2010-03-08T22:29:00Z While studying saxophone there he came under the tutelage of Mr. Nathanson, a leader in the free jazz scene of the 1970s and ’80s. For Experimental Jazz Group Onyx Collective, the Only Rule Is ‘No Rules’ 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z In the middle of Shelley Washington’s sinuously grooving “Black Mary” for baritone saxophone were charming little staccato folk-ish passages. The Bang on a Can Marathon, Still Lovably Scruffy Online 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Raised in Newark, N.J., he took up clarinet at 15, and by the time he switched over the saxophone a year later, his skills were surging. Jazz icon Wayne Shorter can play anything. He’s still trying to say everything. 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z CNN is broadcasting the Pennsylvania special House election results on a TV in the corner, while Paul Desmond’s alto saxophone floats overhead on the sound system, high and lonely. Review | Sushi Gakyu’s thrills lie beyond the menu 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The music cycles soothingly through a few chords as guitars and piano intertwine, a saxophone improvises at the periphery and Jenkins approaches serenity. 15 Songs We Almost Missed This Year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Vecchitto used to play saxophone in high school bands, but said he had no experience of the trombone. Trombone Champ Makes a Hit Video Game of an Unlikely Instrument 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Ignoring the presence of Chris Brown as one would an unnecessary saxophone solo or Vanessa's bits in all of the Saturdays' songs, this is Brandy's best single for ages. This week's new tracks 2012-06-29T23:05:00Z Cohen also is back in his accustomed place in Downs’s band for most gigs, playing saxophone and clarinet. Life becomes art on Lila Downs’s new album about death 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Threadgill, 70, made no further appearance onstage on opening night; he didn’t play a note on alto saxophone or flute, nor did he conduct any of the performances. Henry Threadgill Festival at Harlem Stage 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z When the Commodores, mainly made up of his buddies at the Tuskegee Institute, got started, Richie played saxophone and stayed clear of the mic. Lionel Richie can’t slow down, and we’re all the richer for it 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z The main themes are for piano, strings and saxophone and they are there to carry the wistful ideas of melancholy and nostalgia. Ennio Morricone: a composer with a thrilling ability to hit the emotional jugular | Peter Bradshaw 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The band is a nonstop steamroller on “Keep a Knockin’,” from the relentless drumbeat to the saxophones that charge into every pause. Little Richard: An Ecstasy You Couldn’t Refuse 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z The flat grave markers cost between $300 and $400 each and are engraved with the artist's dates of birth and death, along with images of keyboards, saxophones, musical notes or guitars. Grave marker project helps bury the blues 2013-12-30T14:37:27Z Horn performed the flute, clarinet and saxophone with stars such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Miles Davis. Paul Horn, Jazz flautist, dies at 84 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z He owns an alto that was played by the brilliant saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and a tenor saxophone that is rumored to have belonged to the iconic tenor man Lester Young. Chicago News Cooperative: A Home Where ?Strike Up the Band? Is No Idle Order 2011-08-07T06:45:06Z A hymnlike section featuring the five saxophones ushers in the surprise ending, where the music just slips away. Music Review: At the Philharmonic, an Uneven Blend of Jazz 2010-09-23T05:53:00Z Soon a jumpy melodic line emerges, like something that cannot decide if it is scat singing, with bits of solo saxophone, or a lost strand of counterpoint from a neo-Baroque toccata. Music Review: ‘City Noir,’ by John Adams, at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-13T21:21:56Z He was hilarious on the sex track “Forbidden Fruit,” over smooth saxophone and oily guitar. Music Review: Food on His Mind, and in His Stomach as Well 2011-07-26T21:45:30Z There's certainly an anarchic energy about the music, and about Irvine's own conducting of his ensemble, which is heavy on percussion, saxophones and brass. Postcards from Dumbworld ? review 2010-10-22T21:31:00Z He started playing the saxophone when he was 12 years old. Sixty-six facts about David Bowie 2013-01-08T11:55:20Z The second best song of the night was "Beth/Rest," where Bon Iver used two saxophones instead of one, and a shamelessly cheesy electric piano sound. Concert review: Bon Iver at the Paramount 09/26/11 2011-09-27T19:12:37Z Onstage they wear band uniforms – as did the Beatles, let's not forget – but their unison, stiff movements and use of saxophone hark back to an earlier era. Pop at the pictures: the Dave Clark Five 2012-12-17T16:25:00Z It was called free jazz, a loose, improvised blend less tied to structure, and its creation has been credited to Coleman, who started playing these frenetic arrangements on a white plastic saxophone in 1959. 15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The first chunky and smeary saxophone phrases on the self-titled opening track of “Night Dreamer” tell you all you need to know: this is blues music. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Laubrock has a strong, unflinching tone on the tenor saxophone, but she uses it to outline and define space, not fill it. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The group’s members — Joshua Redman on tenor and soprano saxophones; Aaron Parks on piano, organ and keyboards; Matt Penman on bass; and Eric Harland on drums — share the responsibility for that sleight of hand. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-25T21:59:41Z Her saxophone sound is insistent, mournful and devout, all at once; mostly, it’s inspiring. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Thurman has a lithe and attenuated attack on the tenor saxophone and an equally effortless style on the flute. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The tilt of a saxophone, smile of a singer and ecstatic moves of jitterbug dancers are all so electric, they make you want to join in. MOHAI exhibit of Al Smith’s photographs shows vibrancy of Seattle’s Central District and African-American community 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z "None of these songs preach," said Alto Reed, the Silver Bullet Band's longtime saxophone player, and he's right: As in the days of the vintage "Turn the Page," Seger relies on a storyteller's approach. Bob Seger turns a page with a Nashville sound and liberal lyrics 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Felder was especially known for his saxophone playing with the group, which ranged from smooth jazz to an edgier bebop style. Wilton Felder, musician who played on many pop hits, dies at 75 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Lou Reed’s detached, almost funereal litany of Factory drag queens in “Walk on the Wild Side,” its chorus fading into Bowie’s ghostly saxophone solo. Was glam any different from pop? Simon Reynolds has the answer in 'Shock and Awe' 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Sebastian Schwab’s reduction for an eclectic variety of instruments — including banjo, violin, saxophone, vibraphone and, briefly, steel guitar — was skillful, even if the opulence of Abraham’s original orchestrations was lost. Wagner in the Parking Lot as Opera Returns to Germany 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z On “Snow Globe,” the trio capture the magic of a white Christmas to hold onto all year long, backed by electric guitars, a saxophone solo and handclaps. Pistol Annies craft holiday album for the not-so-sentimental 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Ms. Roberts recorded the album in layers, overdubbing parts in real time: vocal recitations; ribbons of song; keening saxophones; analog synth drones; ambient sampled material. Releases From Bob Dylan and Diana Krall 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z He announced his presence with a tweet that was as simperingly good natured as his saxophone playing: Kenny G Goes Radical With Hong Kong Protest Cameo 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z During his school years he branched out to bass clarinet, followed by tenor, alto and soprano saxophones. Willem Breuker, Dutch Composer and Bandleader, Dies at 65 2010-07-29T06:19:00Z But McAllister acknowledges the challenges the saxophone still faces in the classical world. Classical Saxophone in Proms spotlight 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Her son Bill, a videogame and TV addict, filled his newfound spare time playing saxophone. What happens when mom unplugs teens for 6 months? 2011-01-18T17:01:22Z When you listen to Jackie McLean playing saxophone on a Blue Note album, you hear all this wind pushing through the horn. Music: Vinyl Revival: Reissues From Blue Note?s Heyday 2010-08-08T01:30:00Z Dark, confrontational motifs lace her lyrics, the frenetic, zig-zagging saxophones, and wailing, siren-backed choruses seem to build up and release emotional pressure. Tune-Yards' Merrill Garbus on life after lo-fi 2011-04-07T21:29:00Z Speed's dry, hollow, yet passionate tenor saxophone and Black's notoriously infectious backbeat insure there's never a dull moment. Former Seattle-area jazzmen bring Brooklyn band back home 2010-12-03T21:44:00Z After a few years in Taylor’s ensemble, Mr. Shepp began recording on his own, mixing poetry with a warbling and slippery saxophone sound. Jazz Giants Dave Burrell and Archie Shepp Retrace Their Five-Decade History 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z With a broad tone and tenacious flow on the alto saxophone, she was clearly in possession of virtuoso talents; two leading alto saxophonists from jazz’s heyday — Phil Woods and Lee Konitz — become her mentors. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Prince began playing piano at age 7 and soon became proficient on other instruments, including guitar, saxophone and drums. Prince, mysterious, inventive chameleon of music, dies at 57 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Irabagon won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition 10 years ago thanks to a big saxophone sound that’s as sturdy as it is unruly. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z "The saxophone is by now a very anecdotal sound," he explains. Classical Saxophone in Proms spotlight 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Zenón’s favorite misdirection devices are everywhere on this record — saxophone solos that cut and then bloom, tempos that fade and disappear, sly reharmonizations. The Playlist: Ashley McBryde’s Loner’s Lament, and 10 More New Songs 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The drone tones in “Sax Solfa” underlie saxophone lines and loops, darting and rippling keyboards and bursts of gibberish vocal syllables, surfacing like anxieties no meditation can dispel. Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Take Control, and 10 More New Songs 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z The first half of the program included “Hymns From the Western Coast” for saxophone and choir by the Estonian composer Tonu Korvits, set to Swedish translations of Estonian folk songs. Review: Hints of Eternity at Trinity Wall Street 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z “I have this thing about saxophone players,” she said in her famously girlish and breathy style. Channeling a Bombshell, One Jazzy Note at a Time 2011-08-06T20:43:02Z “Malcolm X” pays homage to the civil rights leader through stacked drums, staggered piano chords and Singer’s billowing saxophone solo in a meditative mix of jazz and soul — a rightful nod to the historical figure. 15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The set closed with “The Rhythm Changes,” a blues extension written by Ms. Miracle, with the trombones, trumpets and saxophones unified in a full-throated declaration. March in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Her father was in a band in his youth, and played the guitar and some saxophone. Listen to Frøkedal 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Headlining the evening are the Heath Brothers: Jimmy on saxophone and Tootie on drums, with their trustworthy band. Jazz Listings for May 2-8 2014-05-01T21:57:21Z Rolling Stones are devastated by the loss of their very dear friend and legendary saxophone player, Bobby Keys. Bobby Keys, longtime Rolling Stones saxophonist, dies at age 70 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Forman said that he is a saxophone player, as well as a doctor, and considered himself a friend of the couple. A jazz legend said he was in desperate need of money. His friends had questions. 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z A choir member, saxophone player and piano player, Frantsuzhan studied music in Ukraine for eight years. 17-year-old Ukrainian student says if he doesn't stay in America, he'll 'die in war' 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z It took a saxophone, flowers, and your words Had something to do with it I can’t say exactly how. 2016: Our Year in Poems 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z And these aren’t party tricks; her soloing style on the saxophone is swift and purposeful, often moving in dashes and broad harmonic sweeps. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z But Uchis, who played saxophone and piano and was in a jazz band before quitting in high school, never planned to sing. Kali Uchis used to live out of her car. Now, she’s one of pop music’s rising stars. 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z At the Royal Hideaway Playacar near Mexico’s Caribbean coast, the managing director, Jean Agarrista, routinely mingles with guests, often playing his saxophone for them in impromptu concerts. In Transit Blog: There's Nothing General About These Managers 2012-02-12T16:00:25Z With his few phrases of song, Mr. Obama joins the list of presidents who have gone public as musicians, from Harry S. Truman’s love of classical piano through Bill Clinton’s tenor saxophone. Critic?s Notebook: Presidents Sometimes Take the Role of First Musician 2012-02-22T23:25:19Z As it ends, each story is submerged in cacophony by Colin Stetson on bass saxophone and Eyvind Kang on viola, with Anderson's words lost not to death but to the exhilaration of noise. Delusion 2010-04-15T21:40:00Z Among guitarists Mayfield, who also played bass, keyboards, drums and saxophone, continues to enjoy similarly high esteem. Recalling Curtis Mayfield, Soul’s ‘Genius of Gentleness’ 2012-07-19T21:57:14Z At the end of the song, she whipped out a tiny toy saxophone. Rosie O’Donnell Returns, With Guests in the Basement and the Bathtub 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z He plays several instruments, including tuba, string bass and bass saxophone, and sings in a voice that evokes a less rambunctious Fats Waller. Review: ‘Vince Giordano,’ a Nostalgist With Fresh Takes on Jazz 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z It's a pop song so brilliant and so uplifting that even the presence of a honking saxophone can't ruin it. This week's new singles 2011-03-12T00:07:30Z The album features Mr. Lloyd on tenor saxophone, flute and tarogato, a Hungarian woodwind instrument. A Busy Spring for Charles Lloyd 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z At the outset of this 14-minute track, which opens the Gotham Jazz Orchestra’s fine new album, “Hiding Out,” a quietly suspenseful melodic theme is passed around between flutes and muted brass and cooled-down saxophones. The Playlist: Lana Del Rey’s Pointed Protest, and 8 More New Songs 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the recording of “A Love Supreme,” the jazz legend’s saxophone is on view. At museums this fall: Art and science, civilization and extinction While on tour, he was known to stop the car on the highway to fight with his brother, who played saxophone in his band. Buddy Greco, the ultimate lounge singer, dies at 90 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Despite being hard of hearing, he gravitated toward music and began playing alto saxophone at 16, later switching to tenor. James Moody, Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 85 2010-12-10T19:00:00Z "When I started hearing the actual concert works for the saxophone - various sonatas and concertos - by some of our top figures, I was really taken by that." Classical Saxophone in Proms spotlight 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The sound Mr. Sanders drew from his tenor saxophone was a force of nature: burly, throbbing and encompassing, steeped in deep blues and drawing on extended technique to create shrieking harmonics and imposing multiphonics. Pharoah Sanders, Whose Saxophone Was a Force of Nature, Dies at 81 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z In his improvisations, on tenor and soprano saxophone, Mr. Shorter didn’t play grand old man, delivering bravura statements with predictable arcs followed by obvious spaces for applause. Review: Wayne Shorter Goes Solo With the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The walls fall to mask the sounds of afternoon television and a tenor saxophone player running through his scales. Bobby Bland: 'Blues and soul are one and the same' – a classic interview 2013-06-25T12:24:00Z Mabuse often paces his tile floors as he practices his saxophone. Beloved S.African musician, 60, back at school 2012-02-16T14:19:08Z Coleman, who played violin, trumpet and alto saxophone, looked beyond traditional harmonic rules, chord patterns and the American Songbook repertoire. Review: Malcolm Goldstein Offers a Freespirited Salute to Ornette Coleman 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z The group has commissioned at least 120 works for saxophone quartet, including one by Samuel Phillips-Corwin, which will have its premiere on Thursday at Symphony Space. The Week Ahead: May 27 — June 2 2012-05-25T18:53:41Z The contrast between Mr. Rollins’s aggressive saxophone playing and Mr. Hall’s quieter approach helped make the release of Mr. Rollins’s album “The Bridge” one of the most notable jazz events of 1962. Jim Hall, Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 83 2013-12-11T03:50:57Z It applies Auto-Tune and other gadgetry; it unleashes samples and distortion; it tucks phalanxes of overdubbed saxophones and backup vocals into its mix. The Best Albums of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z When the two got together to bring the 2 ½-hour concert to a close, even Jay-Z got caught up in West’s energy – blowing an air saxophone solo during “Gold Digger.” Concert review: Watch the Throne at the United Center 2011-12-01T07:35:00Z The moments of brightest catharsis come on Mr. Washington’s saxophone solos, particularly on “Adam & Eve,” where he rides the song’s bright harmony into a space of buoyant inquiry. Los Angeles’s Thriving Jazz Scene Produces Four New Albums 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Cheadle, who also plays piano, saxophone and drums, is developing a movie about Miles Davis. Television: ?House of Lies,? Comedy About Consultants With Don Cheadle 2011-12-30T17:00:00Z The first was on a minor-key ballad called “Burrito,” delicate despite the name, with Fender Rhodes and alto saxophone in sync. Music Review: Where Hearing the Parts Whirl Is the Point 2011-08-19T21:33:35Z Terrace Martin’s shivering alto saxophone and Thundercat’s gauzy vocals are as powerful as the track’s spitfire refrain: “Can you hear me, can you feel me?/We gon’ be all right.” Jazz Has Always Been Protest Music. Can It Meet This Moment? 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Mr. McConnell later added a five-piece saxophone section, giving his ensemble yet another distinction by making it considerably bigger than the average big band. Rob McConnell, Musician and Big Band Leader, Dies at 75 2010-05-13T03:07:00Z In a certain light, on “Interventions,” the Baltimore quartet’s invigorating third album, this is an instrumental dance band — guitar, bass, drums, alto saxophone — with a lining of post-punk energy. Review: ‘Interventions,’ the Horse Lords’ Daring and Energetic Third Album 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z A persistent bass line skulked through the odd meters of “Compay” by Ms. Kihlstedt; with violin and saxophone in a pas de deux and transparently voiced piano parts, it conjured late-night Latin elegance. New Jazz Standards Quintet Makes Its Debut 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z He could pull off a 75-minute solo saxophone performance with reserved and evenhanded grace, as if it were an improviser’s normal activity. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Stone Temple Pilots and Steve Lacy 2010-05-30T21:14:00Z He began to play the soprano saxophone at 13, then took up the clarinet and the larger tenor saxophone. Buck Hill, saxophonist and D.C. ‘local legend,’ dies at 90 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z “This Is What You Did” tops her banjo with startling interjections: a hopscotching electric guitar, trilling and discursive saxophones, aggressive bits of drumming, vocal harmonies. Kanye West Dips a Toe in the Moment, and 10 More New Songs 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The ascendant producer and alto saxophone player Terrace Martin arrived for "Seven Prayers," where he maneuvered through a solo that expanded on the melody of the gospel standard "Wade in the Water." Kamasi Washington and band prove 'The Epic' hype, thrill a sold-out Regent 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Mehlan, leading from the guitar, opened his set with his own “Numbers,” a study in changing beats, with a repeating trumpet figure and underlying rhythmic saxophone lines as its anchor. Music Review: Missy Mazzoli and Matt Mehlan in River to River Festival 2012-07-13T21:22:07Z “L” is a mellow saxophone; “ch” a clash of cymbals; and the small explosions “p,” “b” and “t” are percussion. Arthur Lessac, Holistic Vocal Coach, Dies at 101 2011-04-18T06:00:03Z Physical instruments like saxophones and horns appear and wink out. The Playlist: Previously Unreleased Hendrix, and 10 More New Songs 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The soprano saxophone often echoed the women’s voices. Review: Hints of Eternity at Trinity Wall Street 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z A saxophone player launched into a sinuous lead-in, then Mr. Astatke strode out on stage and began to play the conga drums. In Ethiopia’s Capital, a Resurgent Jazz Scene 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z His pianist and musical director, Quinn Johnson, provided fluid keyboard solos, and David Mann’s tenor saxophone added tang. Review: Steve Tyrell Keeps a Comfortable Pop-Swing Style in Honoring Sinatra 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The band runs from tuba to flute, with trumpets, trombones and saxophones in between; it sometimes merges three different low-end lines, from tuba, acoustic bass and Dr. Smith’s organ foot-pedals. Music Review: The Hammond B-3 Lion Roars, Backed by His Pride 2010-12-31T22:40:24Z And the sound is incredible, deep and dense, with great ropy guitar timbres and throbbing tremolo effects, and Johnson’s full-toned, gracefully unspooling saxophone solos against the clave bell and hand percussion. New Releases by Optimo, Anita Wilson and Dexter Johnson 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z “I know you haven’t talked in 12 years and express yourself only in saxophone,” he started one scene suddenly. Critic’s Notebook: Tightrope Comedy, on the Fly 2012-07-05T21:08:32Z Written for the Crossing and the saxophone quartet Prism, “The Fifth Century” offers seven settings of poems by the seventeenth-century English clergyman and mystic Thomas Traherne. Pushing Things Forward in Choral Music 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Keys is perhaps most famous for his saxophone solo on the Stones’ “Brown Sugar,” but also contributed to other famous songs from the band, including “Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’” and “Sweet Virginia.” Rolling Stones Sax Player Bobby Keys Dies at 70 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Prism hopes to inspire musicians who may be in schools without a saxophone department or ensemble to consider writing for the instrument. 2010-01-31T06:12:00Z “Returning Home,” a ballad with Mr. Terry on soprano saxophone, genuflected in the direction of Wayne Shorter. Music Review: Yosvany Terry Quintet at the Jazz Standard 2012-04-13T20:05:53Z Even more than the piano, the tenor saxophone is an instrument whose major figures have nearly all been men. For Women in Jazz, a Year of Reckoning and Recognition 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The trombone or sousaphone often provides the bass lines and riffs, while duelling trumpets and saxophone add the often complex melody lines and improvised solos. Red Baraat: Chaal Baby – review 2012-08-23T21:45:01Z With a couple of emphatic notes, Christopher McBride, on saxophone, blows two groups of dancers to the ground. LaTasha Barnes: Let the Circle of Influence Be Unbroken 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Featuring a bladelike quintet with Mr. Mahanthappa on alto saxophone and the impressive young Adam O’Farrill on trumpet, it’s a whirligig of brisk dynamism and bustling modernity. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The concert’s musical director, Sherman Irby, did more than play a soulful and irresistibly puckish alto saxophone solo on “Merry Christmas Baby.” It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Coltrane, meanwhile, spends long passages squeezing brittle split tones from the saxophone, or spinning circular, warbling phrases beyond exhaustion. In 1960, John Coltrane went on one last tour with Miles Davis. European audiences weren’t prepared for what he would play. Returning home, he announced that he wanted either a pony or a saxophone for Christmas. At 80, Billy Harper’s Rhapsodic Saxophone Is Still a Towering Force 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Marsalis transcribed them for saxophone, the Bach being a kind of double reworking, since Marsalis used a reconstruction of the original oboe version as his starting point. Marsalis, Philadelphia orchestra go by the book at the Wallis 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z An hymnal-like section featuring the five saxophones ushers in the surprise ending, where the music just slips away. Music Review: At the Philharmonic, an Uneven Blend of Jazz 2010-09-23T05:53:00Z Mr. Lancaster started playing piano at 4 and moved to saxophone a few years later. Byard Lancaster, Jazz Alto Saxophonist, Dies at 70 2012-09-01T22:58:19Z As in Wild Up’s recording of “Femenine,” released last year, the details — clicks of saxophone keys, breath through flutes — are clear, almost tactile, in “Joy Boy.” 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z He took the saxophone and played with them for five or six minutes. 20 Years Later, Schindler’s List Producer and Holocaust Survivor Branko Lustig Looks Back 2013-03-07T15:00:23Z He kept moving around, stalking and kneeling, with a microphone in the bell of his saxophone; he was building long-tone melodies against digital backing. Music Review: Hubble and Diamond Terrifier at Zebulon - Review 2011-12-21T22:48:40Z On a larger scale are “Refrain From Riffing,” for harp and saxophone, plus “Centripedalocity,” to be conducted by the omnipresent James Baker. Classical Music Listings for Nov. 11-17 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z After a few lessons on a plastic saxophone purchased on a payment plan, he began playing in local bands, finding that he liked singing and the female adulation that came with it. David Bowie dies at 69; mesmerizing performer and restless innovator 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z A saxophone part in “French Riviera” should have added more movement and color, but instead felt matte and horizontal. GWU alum Cautious Clay returns to town for a mixed show at the 9:30 Club 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Unlike virtually every other big band in the annals of jazz, its original configuration consisted entirely of trumpets, trombones, French horns and a rhythm section, but no saxophones. Rob McConnell, Musician and Big Band Leader, Dies at 75 2010-05-13T03:07:00Z He has an ear for subtle dissonance, and his inventive orchestrations are enhanced by judicious use of saxophone, piano and celeste. New opera's success is beyond `Doubt' 2013-01-27T21:59:08Z Here as on the original, there was a soprano saxophone solo by Branford Marsalis, followed by a cavernous drum break and a return to form. Music Review: Sting?s Songbook at the Met, With Strings Attached 2010-07-14T20:35:00Z Mr. Balliett defined the next piece, his own “Clytie and the Sun,” as “a rap cantata for rapper, soprano, harp, saxophone, piano and electric guitar.” Music Review: Resonant Bodies Festival at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn 2013-09-06T22:26:20Z For all the focus on saxophones, a Coltrane tribute lives or dies by its rhythm section, and this one labored admirably. Music Review: Big Bang?s Echoes, 50 Years Later 2011-04-22T21:52:51Z A saxophone, Katya declares, is “only one step away from a switchblade.” Movie Review: Russian Musical ?Hipsters? From Valery Todorovsky 2012-02-23T23:58:22Z Mr. Green’s Concerto for Clarinet and Strings, revised from an earlier work for saxophone and string orchestra, opened with a relaxed lyricism reminiscent of Hollywood’s take on Copland’s music. Music Review | North/South Chamber Orchestra: New Works by Max Lifchitz and Others at Merkin Concert Hall 2010-03-09T22:31:00Z “Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus” features tuba, saxophones, cello, drums and three pianos, all playing parts that feel balanced and spacious and give each other enough room to land a plane. The Playlist: Lil Peep’s Sweet Gloom, and 8 More New Songs 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z A saxophone tone not found in nature only helps. The Best Songs of 2015 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z His father played saxophone and clarinet professionally and ensured Van Halen and his older brother, Alex, started piano lessons from a young age. With his signature guitar style, Eddie Van Halen changed rock music 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Drawing from a new album the group made a refined mess, with Mr. Lederer playing his tenor saxophone and clarinet in prayerful gusts, against the drumming of Matt Wilson. Music Review: A Wide-Ranging Festival Savors Some Late-Night Jazz 2011-06-29T21:55:14Z Saying goodbye to Alma, who is so small that she has to rest the bottom of her saxophone on a stool when she plays, Sulkunen said she hoped things would be easier for the 9-year-old. Girls Are Outnumbered in Jazz. At This Summer Camp, They Run the Show. 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z He plays in a quartet with tenor saxophone, guitar and drums. Playlist: Albums From Las Malas Amistades and Cooly G 2012-07-13T16:43:05Z Kirk Whalum, who played saxophone on several of Ms. Houston’s tours, describes a woman who became devastated to learn that black people were calling her “White-ney” and a “sellout.” Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Now, she joins her father on stage as violinist and vocalist, with saxophone often added. At the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Tall Tales, Resonant Rhymes 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z As beats reverberate across London’s old Wembley Stadium, the Australian rock band’s appeal leaps to life: funky guitar rhythms, saxophones, tight trousers and the soulful flow of the singer Michael Hutchence’s voice. The Internet Swallowed INXS. Can a Movie Rescue Its Legacy? 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z The show, at the Flea Theater, takes Shakespeare’s text, truncates it substantially and inserts songs along the way, with the actors taking up instruments — mandolin, clarinet, saxophone and many more — to supplement a core band. Theater Review: ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’: ‘As You Like It,’ Set to Music 2013-08-12T21:55:33Z This extremely self-effacing approach to performance left Moshier consistently overshadowed by Lebrun, whose somewhat more forceful lines on tenor saxophone seemed to drive and define this band. The spirit of Studs Terkel expressed in jazz 2011-01-25T15:10:16Z Portico Quartet Here’s a young quasi-jazz group from London messing with multitracking, electronics, steady ostinatos, echoed soprano saxophone and a malleted percussion instrument called a “hang,” which sounds like a steel drum. Playlist: Surfboards, Harmonies and Sheet Metal 2010-09-19T20:25:00Z For the members of this collective trio — Mark Turner on tenor saxophone, Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums — it represents the attainment of an equilibrium and the refinement of a strategy. New Music: New Albums From Grace Potter, Josh Turner and Fly 2012-06-11T22:38:11Z Bold in its gestures, it uses its large forces to vivid if occasionally relentless effect, with a number of jazzy saxophone solos and bursts of activity for lower brass colouring in the foreground. Prom 4: Orchestra of the RAM & The Juilliard School – review 2012-07-17T10:22:17Z The most unexpectedly delightful feature is the three-member band of stage musicians — playing a saxophone, an accordion and a tangy violin — that adds vibrant improvised interjections in different folkloric idioms. Review: ‘Pinocchio,’ the Opera, Is a Hit For a Renovated Theater 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Hill was known for a round, robust tone on his primary instrument, tenor saxophone. Buck Hill, saxophonist and D.C. ‘local legend,’ dies at 90 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Switching often among the saxophone family — not just alto and tenor but also bass and mezzo-soprano, along with that gargantuan contrabass — Mr. Robinson managed to locate a different voice and sonority for each. Music Review: Scott Robinson at Jazz Standard 2012-10-28T21:31:16Z Guitars, cellos, flutes, saxophones and trumpets will be in the “Instrument Petting Zoo” at this free open house at the community arts school at the Kaufman Music Center. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z And he’s still turning heads with the singing sound of his saxophone. At 80, Billy Harper’s Rhapsodic Saxophone Is Still a Towering Force 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Nathan Bellott — who taught flute, saxophone and clarinet at the school and doubled as a receptionist — said the new space never matched the spirit of the old. After 94 Years, the Song Ends for the Turtle Bay Music School 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Janacek’s Violin Sonata proved amenable to the saxophone in an arrangement by Eliot Gattegno, who performed his new version with the pianist Michael Brown. Music Review: Janacek and Mahler in Moving Sounds Festival - Review 2011-09-20T21:00:08Z In his group Ouroboros, he plays in a front line alongside Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet and Maria Grand on tenor saxophone. Jazz Listings for Oct. 16-22 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “Monkey in a Tree” featured a chattering cacophony among the saxophones — an outcry characterized as “loose-tongue signifying” in Mr. Marsalis’s remarks, which struck a typical balance between hospitable wit and elaborative instruction. Review: Wynton Marsalis’s ‘Spaces,’ a Kinetic Series of Zoological Portraits 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The Golden Globe winner, recently recognized for The Night Manager, plays several instruments, including piano, drums and saxophone. 23 Actors Who Moonlight as Musicians 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Jazz saxophone cuts in, then fuzzed-out electric guitar, then the creaking sound of a wooden floor. Download this: "Memo Tape" by Paul Dally 2011-04-25T19:39:13Z What resulted was a lush, large score with six saxophone parts, passages with eight trumpets and others with five pianos added to five xylophones. ?West Side Story? Score to Be Played by Philharmonic 2011-09-06T21:53:07Z That came clearly to the fore on “Big Ben,” a blues by Mr. Lovano, featuring his bleating output on aulochrome, a double soprano saxophone. Music Review: Ad Hoc Quartet With Common Roots 2010-08-29T21:38:00Z Davie was a talented musician, learning the saxophone after seeing Coleman Hawkins playing in an Edinburgh record shop. Scottish painter Davie dies aged 93 2014-04-07T15:48:52Z Harper moved to New York in 1966, when he was 23, and began turning heads with the piercing and songful cry of his saxophone. At 80, Billy Harper’s Rhapsodic Saxophone Is Still a Towering Force 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z His own principal instrument was soprano saxophone, which he played with focused intensity. Willem Breuker, Dutch Composer and Bandleader, Dies at 65 2010-07-29T06:19:00Z Mr. Storch could sometimes be seen playing the saxophone, a lifelong hobby, in Central Park. Larry Storch, Comic Actor Best Known for ‘F Troop,’ Dies at 99 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Each player showed, in their own way, glimpses of Martin’s fluid, free-form lyricism, as drummer Skip Barkley observed during the spoken tributes that followed the saxophones. Review | A cathartic and moving farewell for D.C. jazz saxophonist Aaron Martin Jr. 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z The live band plays drums and marimba but also groovy Afro-pop guitar and saxophone. Review: ‘Pula!’ Dancing for Rain on Broadway 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The dominant forces were percussion, bleating saxophone and an uncharacteristically funky vocal from Staples: for five believe-it-or-not minutes, Tindersticks sounded like the house band at a Brooklyn disco. Tindersticks | Pop review 2010-03-26T22:30:00Z Cameo, a gallery down the street, was a site of fringe exertions: solo drums by Ches Smith, the screeching saxophone of Marshall Allen. Music Review: A Wide-Ranging Festival Savors Some Late-Night Jazz 2011-06-29T21:55:14Z A few years ago the violinist Neufeld and the bass and tenor saxophone player Stetson performed a small gig at Dilettante, an art space in industrial downtown. Essential tracks: Sarah Neufeld-Colin Stetson: mysterious, moody collaboration 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z One night, I was served tea in a 7-Eleven cup with a Sushi on Jones sticker slapped over it, showing a fish playing the saxophone. Omakase, on a Deadline, at Sushi on Jones 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z In a matter of seconds we were in a courtroom as a man testified by saxophone. Critic’s Notebook: Tightrope Comedy, on the Fly 2012-07-05T21:08:32Z There’s that characteristic creepy tap-tap-tap; muffled winds start to seem like forlorn church bells; a low, muted trombone sounds nocturnal, like a shadowy saxophone. Review: Skittering, Creeping Music That Had Me Seeing Things 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z There's often street performers playing saxophones or drums on either side of the bridge, adding a fitting soundtrack to the hustle and bustle. Chicago 2010-03-16T21:00:00Z Years earlier, President Clinton brought his saxophone to the White House stage for a celebration of the Newport Jazz Festival. George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Another section houses several saxophones by inventor Adolphe Sax. Silenced musical treasures languish in Mich. vault 2012-01-15T20:18:09Z The happy "Even When the Water's Cold" transports you to a sunny festival for a singalong, while "Get That Rhythm Right" puts you back in the club with its piano groove and saxophone. Review: 5th album from !!! (Chk Chk Chk) is a hit 2013-04-29T18:16:09Z But with a lineup that includes saxophone and violin, the band’s tentacles also extend into klezmer, British folk, prog-rock, Minimalism, free jazz and more. Black Country, New Road’s Perilous Triumph 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Switching to tenor saxophone, Fuller stepped beyond the shade of the half-shell to sparkle in the sun, offering a soulful sound with a confident delivery. A lot of chitchat — and some music — at Playboy Jazz Festival 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Thursday’s program, “Unforgettable: The Nat King Cole Songbook,” will feature Cole’s brother Freddy Cole and, on tenor saxophone, his longtime associate Houston Person. Jazz Listings for July 15-21 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The two women were backed by a five-man band handling two sets of keys, drums, bass, saxophone and flute. Review | For Tank and the Bangas, a seamless move from tiny desk to big stage 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Whether saxophone, cello, piano, violin or even an innocent, pinging triangle, it is also an instrument of exquisite torture, the kind people inflict on themselves by looking backward when they know they shouldn’t. | 'Ten Cents a Dance': Music, Memories and Regret 2011-08-15T22:20:09Z It seems then that it will take the continued efforts of players like McAllister to raise the profile of the saxophone in classical music. Classical Saxophone in Proms spotlight 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z I am ashamed to admit to laughing when I read about the dancer who fell into the “Anyone Can Whistle” orchestra pit in 1964, landing on a saxophone player, who promptly died. Shutting the Door on the Hard-Knock Life 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Boyd recalled seeing Ms. Garcia at the Brainchild Festival in Britain several years ago, dashing frantically from one stage to the next with her saxophone in tow. Nubya Garcia, Tapping Into the Past to Make Jazz for a New Generation 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Like put the lightbulb in the light" Lois "I love the fact that he plays the saxophone. 2012: the best of hate-watch TV 2012-12-29T00:07:21Z Ham also played the saxophone and keyboards, and more recently worked as a guitar teacher. Men at Work musician Greg Ham found dead 2012-04-19T12:07:12Z Gone were the saxophones and synthesizers: “Faith” seemed to offer us the real, raw him. George Michael’s Pop Paradise 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z The bass on Me and Lazarus struts its funky stuff like a vicar frugging at a wedding; Rabbit Will Run is beset by maniacally tweeting panpipes; the saxophone on Big Burned Hand sounds half-strangled. Iron and Wine: Kiss Each Other Clean ? review 2011-01-20T23:20:01Z On her debut, her husband - a saxophone player who plays in the orchestra pit of a show in Germany - was there, as were her parents. 'This is the top' _ Dutch singer on Broadway debut 2013-03-04T12:46:09Z At the end of that opening section, two saxophones enter with staggered lines that hustle into a more frenetic state of mind. Henry Threadgill’s Musical Spring Is Varied and Extreme. Like He Is. 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z “Even today you still don’t see nearly as many female trumpet players and saxophone players as you do pianists and vocalists,” says Hersch. Essence Music Fest: The World’s Only All-Female Brass Band Takes the Stage 2012-07-09T15:00:32Z He grew up in Buenos Aires, and his talent on the saxophone earned him a spot in the jazz orchestra of Lalo Schifrin, who later wrote the theme for the television show “Mission: Impossible.” Gato Barbieri, Grammy-winning saxophonist heard on ‘Last Tango in Paris’ score, dies at 83 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z I was once in the car, listening to this radio show, and then all of a sudden this saxophone player came on and I was thinking, like: Wait, every note is different. A Pioneering Black Composer Keeps Pushing 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z She played saxophone in the school jazz band and piano at home, experience that shows in her phrasing and her sense of harmony. Kali Uchis Is a Complicated Musician. She Plans to Stay That Way. 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z I never owned a saxophone until I finished high school and went to Oakland, California. “If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z “I don’t think it can be done, to get more out of a saxophone than that. Sometimes his nose would bleed because he was blowing so hard. He gave everything.” Peter Brötzmann, 82, Dies; His Thunderous Saxophone Shook Jazz Traditions 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Much of Coleman’s performance features him not on the instrument for which he was famous, the alto saxophone, but on the trumpet and the violin, which he had only recently taught himself to play. A Lost Masterwork Is Found: Thomas White's “Who's Crazy?” 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z They performed in Chelsea and at the Roxy, the Covent Garden club that served as a punk incubator, adding a new instrument, the saxophone, to the chopping guitars and brazen lyrics of the genre. Poly Styrene, Punk Singer of X-Ray Spex, Is Dead at 53 2011-04-27T01:46:31Z Her mother played the saxophone in an all-female big band while her father was an oboist and saxophonist performing regularly in pit orchestras in London and provincial theatres. Brenda Averty obituary 2013-01-03T18:26:51Z ADHD, a band from Iceland, found fans in faraway places by weaving rock influences into its compositions featuring saxophone, organ and guitar. Playing outside the box 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Thrashing and full of impact but endlessly slippery, Logan Richardson’s two-electric-guitar quintet remains guided at every turn by his alto saxophone. The Best Jazz of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Once they are up and running, he will play along on his pocket trumpet, sometimes shoving a kazoo in its bell, or blowing it with a saxophone mouthpiece to twist the tone. Pierre Bastien: the man who makes Meccano sing 2010-10-18T22:13:00Z Vector Families is a group of peers from the Upper Midwest, including Anthony Cox on electric bass, Brandon Wozniak on tenor saxophone and Dean Granros, a visionary oddball, on electric guitar. At NYC Winter Jazzfest Marathon, New Faces Make Their Mark at Grooving Places 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z The record was memorable for Link Davis's honking saxophone accompaniment and its backing vocal sound, apparently taken from B-movie producers' idea of the war chants of Native Americans. Johnny Preston obituary 2011-03-06T18:49:00Z She heard an interview where Ayler recalled practicing saxophone in his parents’ house. For the Saxophonist Zoh Amba, Free Jazz Is Gospel 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z On Saturday, Billy Harper takes the saxophone chair in a quintet led by the trumpeter Josh Evans. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Mr. DeFranco never forgot the first time he saw Parker, performing on a borrowed saxophone at a Harlem nightclub in 1943. Buddy DeFranco, jazz clarinetist whose career lasted more than 70 years, dies at 91 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z SWS has one piano and a string bass in a sea of clarinets, bassoons, flutes, oboes, tubas, saxophones and so on. Seattle Wind Symphony to perform Sousa, Bernstein and Nirvana tribute on May 6 2012-05-03T20:20:11Z During services, Archbishop King switches from liturgy to saxophone and back. Fifty Years of Worship at the Church of John Coltrane 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The saxophone is often the lead instrument, giving Surprise Hotel and Nadine euphoric, instantly memorable melodies. Fool's Gold 2010-05-04T21:45:00Z Milton Byron Babbitt was born in Philadelphia on May 10, 1916, and grew up in Jackson, Miss. He began studying the violin when he was 4 but soon switched to clarinet and saxophone. Milton Babbitt, Composer, Dies at 94 2011-01-30T03:00:14Z Here are nine tracks that showcase the sly invention and dark poetics of Shorter’s compositions and saxophone sound. Wayne Shorter, a Jazz Hero Whose Goal Was ‘to Fear Nothing’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Their output was interspersed with meditative lulls, and Mr. McPhee, who played pocket trumpet as well as saxophone, presented a soulful contrast to Mr. Brötzmann. Music Review: A Kind of Orthodoxy Built on Improvisation 2011-06-09T22:53:47Z When I first recorded Trane, the guy from the record company, said, Miles, who is that out there playing saxophone? Miles Davis: 'Coltrane was a very greedy man. Bird was, too. He was a big hog' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-11-06T13:26:00Z He has a smart, beseeching sound on alto saxophone, but spent more of the set behind a keyboard rig, singing hooks and ad-libs through a vocoder. Review: BRIC JazzFest in Brooklyn Wraps Up With a Mesh of Styles 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z And Clarence Clemons played saxophone, and I listened to him growing up so it represents my youth. ArtsBeat: Q. and A. With Lady Gaga on Her 'Freedom Ride' 2011-05-20T12:00:49Z Besides his wife, he is survived by a brother, Steve, who played saxophone and sang for the Rhythm Rockers; a son from his first marriage, Brett; and three grandchildren. Brian Carman, Surf Rocker, Dies at 69 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Walking Distance — a quartet of two saxophones, bass and drums — gets that. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 70 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The Tchaikovsky is played nice and slow on saxophone, and when the ballerina leaps onstage, the tassels on her pasties swirl furiously. This ‘Nutcracker’ celebrates openness, diversity and glitter G-strings 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The overall mood of the Christian-themed texts, with colorful saxophone accompaniment, was decidedly more earthbound than in Mr. Bryars’ poignant lament. Review: Hints of Eternity at Trinity Wall Street 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z His unpacking of these melodies — on soprano, tenor or baritone saxophones — conveys a smoldering restraint. New Music: Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Claudia Quintet - New Albums 2011-10-11T00:13:28Z The alto saxophone came next, and within a year of picking it up he was playing in a neighborhood dance band. Frank Foster, Jazz Saxophonist, Composer and Arranger, Dies at 82 2011-07-27T03:26:25Z He switched to tenor saxophone in his early teens, joining a dance band led by his older brother, and then forming his own, the Debonairs. Joe Temperley, Velvety Baritone Saxophonist, Dies at 86 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z At 19, the young trumpeter shared the bandstand with Los Angeles tenor saxophone legend Dexter Gordon and studied informally with bebop trumpet player “Little” Benny Harris. Olympia jazz trumpet legend Barbara Donald 2013-03-30T20:53:48Z "Saxophone in the orchestra is never going to be a mainstay," he admits, "but there are thousands of pieces that include saxophone in the orchestral instrumentation." Classical Saxophone in Proms spotlight 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Their Michael continually clicks over from reality into an imaginary TV show where saxophones and canned laughter take the sting out of his pain. ‘Spoiler Alert’ Review: Perfect Strangers Form Family Ties 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z For me, though, I’ve always looked to Cecil Taylor as the foremost purveyor of the avant-garde, his rolling piano chords tucked between tidal waves of unrelenting drums and saxophone. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Avant-Garde Jazz 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Recorded March 6, 1940 — the first Ellington recording session with Ben Webster’s tenor saxophone and Jimmy Blanton’s propulsive bass completing what I would call the greatest band in jazz history. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The ensemble incorporates the signature sounds of the era, right down to the clarinets, bass saxophones, banjos and ukuleles. Album review: Bryan Ferry Orchestra, 'The Jazz Age' 2013-02-12T16:15:00Z Beginning in a slow, unmetered cadence with the pianist Chip Crawford, as on the album, Mr. Porter then brought in the rest of his band, with two saxophones, bass and drums. Music Review: A Big Man Who Can Belt a Tune Isn?t Afraid to Show a Mellow Side, Too 2011-06-03T21:57:13Z With a front line of two saxophones, two trumpets and a tuba, the Louisiana collective unleashes a largely wordless cacophony of horn-drenched razzle dazzle. Dave Matthews Band Caravan music reviews 2011-07-08T05:00:00Z Delegating one musician to start off each tune, he stayed about three feet from the microphone, sometimes putting a handkerchief in the bell of his alto saxophone, rounding the edges off his tone. Music Review: Veterans With Quartets, Stretching Out in Sound 2011-02-27T23:05:32Z By late 2018, Shorter was in a bad way: He could no longer really play the saxophone, and a metabolic tremor left him unable to write music by hand. How Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter Realized His Dream: an Opera 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Through it all, he finds a way to let his bebop-rooted saxophone improvisations shine. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Fun saxophone solos are complemented by traces of castanets and snare drum. CD reviews: Late works by late composers Rautavaara, Henze 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z In 1964 he moved to Los Angeles, where, playing piano, saxophone and clarinet, he became a fixture in the local recording studios. Harold Battiste, Musician, Mentor and Arranger, Dies at 83 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Sometimes, such as on "Final Thought," Washington's flame-throwing saxophone takes the lead, while on "Re Run Home," the focal point is an unstoppable Afrobeat groove. Kamasi Washington expands jazz's boundaries on new album 'The Epic' One bronze sculpture reimagines the classical myth of Leda and the Swan, with a saxophone replacing the bird, so the female figure appears to be making music rather than being violated. Making Intergalactic and Intergenerational Art 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Enrolled as a music major, he took his first-ever saxophone lessons and developed a grueling regimen. At 80, Billy Harper’s Rhapsodic Saxophone Is Still a Towering Force 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z But when Higher Than the Sun mutates into frazzled blasts of dub, saxophone and Hendrix-style guitars, the force seems to levitate the venue, and a horn-soaked Loaded threatens to remove the roof. Primal Scream ? review 2011-03-15T18:23:03Z Gailloreto needs to significantly expand his saxophone part and then let it be heard, in full cry. A rocky premiere for Gailloreto's ambitious 'Sea Songs' 2011-03-20T14:40:00Z Mr. Wieselman started to play the tune’s hymnlike melody on tenor saxophone, and as the others found their voices around him, they rose from their seats one by one. 30 Years Later, Three Bands From New York’s Downtown Scene Unite for One Night 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z It was about irrational outbursts of sound from two sopranos, players sitting at tables hitting all kinds of everyday objects, engineers operating electronic equipment and more outbursts from saxophone, horn, proper percussion and cello. Chicago-based Dal Niente pops up in new L.A. music series called Poolhouse 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z And as a saxophone soloist, Mr. Richardson went in every direction but the one you expected; he played arcing, bluesy, honeydew phrases without submitting to cliché. January in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z In Mr. Marsalis’s arrangement of “Teru,” for five harmonized saxophones, Mr. Shorter played in defiance of momentum and the unbroken narrative. Review: Wayne Shorter Goes Solo With the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z When the music starts, the performers tap in unison, but after the piano begins, Mr. Glover leaves the stage, re-entering with the saxophone. Dance Review: A Few Friendly Ghosts Help Out a Master of Tap 2011-06-23T21:43:56Z There’s a sense of historical unity in the saxophone playing of J.D. Blackpink and Selena Gomez’s Summery Treat, and 11 More New Songs 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z To those sounds he adds his own: flowing, almost theatrical songwriting with stirring chord changes and, on this record, some low-register saxophone arrangements. Review: Dungen’s Nostalgically Heady ‘Allas Sak’ 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Braxton, playing alto, soprano, sopranino and baritone saxophones, brings his usual incorrigible insight. Playlist: Hard-Swinging Sounds, With the Help of Friends 2013-08-16T19:26:20Z By contrast, “u” opens with Lamar’s screams laid over the melancholy protestations of alto and tenor saxophones. Kendrick Lamar’s Capacious New Record 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z This year, a residency at Los Angeles’ 18th Street Art Center afforded her time to write “Seismic Belt,” an exciting, eight-part, 60-minutes-plus piece for septet featuring saxophone, trumpet, two violins and rhythm section. Earshot Jazz Festival 2018 brings both the traditional and the eccentric 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Equally important, the saxophone gave him an entree into show business. Sid Caesar, Comedian and One of TV’s First Stars, Dies at 91 2014-02-12T22:07:12Z These will be available for purchase or free download for each of the standard orchestral string, woodwind and brass instruments as well as for recorder, saxophone, euphonium, piano, harpsichord, guitar, harp, percussion and voice. Carnegie Unveils Music Education Program 2011-03-25T23:03:39Z “I discovered the brilliant virtuosity, the extreme obsession, his interest in Eastern music, the discovery of the saxophone as a speaking voice.” Coltrane by De Keersmaeker, Freewheeling but Structure Intact 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z But he derived as much inspiration from saxophone players as he did from other guitarists. Jim Hall, Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 83 2013-12-11T03:50:57Z “You even FaceTimed instead of a hospital visit,” he adds tearfully over a slow, unsteady saxophone plea, his voice cracking. Kendrick Lamar on His New Album and the Weight of Clarity 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z But it’s much harder to locate his major saxophone influences than to position him in a broad lineage — which is a sign of how widely Wilkins, 24, has listened. On ‘The 7th Hand,’ Immanuel Wilkins Sees Jazz as an Escape Pod 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z He worked his way through medical school blowing the saxophone in a dance band. Lessons on Living a Better Life From a 109-year-old Man 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Even for the most skilled professional saxophone players, "Yakety Sax" is highly challenging to perform. Why "Yakety Sax" makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z In the thrusting blues-rock of Back Sliding Soul, the guitar is all but buried beneath rollicking piano and belligerent blasts of saxophone; when it's allowed to surge up for the chorus, the effect is thrilling. Brian Olive: Two of Everything - review 2011-08-04T20:45:00Z Well, try to imagine those sharp-toothed worries nattering away to the wail of a saxophone and the downbeat of a bass. Theater Review: Ethan Lipton in ?No Place to Go? at Joe?s Pub 2012-03-22T02:30:08Z Mr. Shorter wore that slight as a badge of honor, at one point painting the words “Mr. Weird” on his saxophone case. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Threadgill didn’t pick up an alto saxophone or a flute for live performance, though the video did feature him on bass flute. Review: Henry Threadgill’s Music From Two Perspectives 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z His doctors tell him he can no longer play his saxophone because the strain will cause bleeding, which could be fatal. When the hits (to musicians’ health) just keep on coming 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Here she leads a thicker quartet with saxophone, keyboards, drums and electronic samples. 2010-01-08T03:22:00Z And although works like the Adams' Saxophone Concerto help boost the instrument's concert hall credentials, it may still be some time before the saxophone can truly take its seat in the orchestra. Classical Saxophone in Proms spotlight 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The rock musician Amanda Palmer says she is giving a gift to her fans by inviting those who play strings, saxophone and brass to join her on stage during a tour. ArtsBeat: Rockers Playing for Beer: Fair Play? 2012-09-12T11:53:44Z I play the piano and saxophones and clarinets. A final '30 Rock' showcases its unsung music man 2013-01-29T18:01:04Z Each child in the family studied an instrument, and Lamar focused on the violin, although he also studied viola, clarinet, flute and saxophone — instruments assigned to his siblings. K. Lamar Alsop, Violinist and Ballet Concertmaster, Dies at 85 2014-02-09T02:47:28Z In Yakuza, he plays a fierce saxophone and does some bruising lead vocals. Bloodiest – something completely different for Chicago's musical vagabonds 2011-06-23T11:40:09Z Bennie Maupin played tenor saxophone, flute and bass clarinet, and is the last surviving musician from that group. Lee Morgan’s ‘Live at the Lighthouse’ was a masterpiece that turned out to be a farewell 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The opera calls for four singers, an onstage jazz trio of piano, tenor saxophone and bass, and an eight-piece pit orchestra. 'Marilyn Forever' opera reveals composer Gavin Bryars' collaborative spirit 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z He recorded extensively on Strata-East Records, a musician-owned label, and founded and directed the New York Bass Violin Choir, a troupe of seven basses, sometimes accompanied by piano or saxophone. Bill Lee, Jazz Bassist and Composer, Is Dead at 94 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Coltrane also took up the then rarely used soprano saxophone, which he played on his famous version of My Favourite Things. 50 great moments in jazz: John Coltrane's giant step for improvisation 2010-08-09T15:49:00Z Long ago he developed a tenor saxophone sound for his temperament. New Music: JOE LOVANO US FIVE 2013-01-08T00:19:05Z As the public came to depend on the grounding wisdom of his saxophone sound in the late 1950s and ’60s, Coltrane kept shifting and expanding it. Lost John Coltrane Recording From 1963 Will Be Released at Last 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z But as the romance solidifies, Phox becomes a rock band flanked by saxophones and, later, what sounds like a glockenspiel-topped marching band. New Albums by Riff Raff, Black Bananas and Phox 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Of course, Mr. Shorter was possessed of his own voice, and on “Juju” his saxophone cast a different shadow on the polyrhythmic structures built by Mr. Tyner and Jones. McCoy Tyner’s Essential Recordings: Listen to 11 Tracks 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z “My parents got me art classes as a kid, I played saxophone and, when I turned 16, I got a guitar,” he says. Thee Oh Sees' John Dwyer knows how to make a scene 2012-09-26T22:16:00Z At some point the singer’s voices began to assert themselves more clearly; the bassoon and saxophone started to sound more like their full-bodied selves. Review: An ‘Opera for Objects’ Makes Music Out of Fear 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z They included an Egyptian wooden flute, an oud, African harps, a thumb piano, a saxophone. Worlds and Rhythms Meet, in Euphoric Result 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z As on the Flux Quartet’s exhilarating 2017 album of the composer’s works, Lake himself joins in on saxophone for the febrile and joyous “5 Sisters.” 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z The other comes from the jazz musician Cedric Brooks’s band: saxophone, bass, organ and occasionally guitar. CD Reissues: Van Morrison, Sarah Vaughn and More 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z In this valuable retrospective from the Downtown Chamber Players, there’s a chance to hear his “Hot Sonate” for saxophone and piano, his wry String Quartet No. 1 and a selection of piano music. Classical Music Listings for May 20-26 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z There are a couple of songbook standards and a glowing ballad called “I Never Knew,” featuring Mr. Marsalis on tenor saxophone. New Music From the Mountain Goats, Joey Calderazzo, Becca Stevens Band and More 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z He plays with these simple ingredients, but they’re quite weird put together: flutes, French horns, and synthesizers and saxophones. Fermenting Philip Glass: René Redzepi on Music and Cooking 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The perfectionist woodwinds — piccolos, flutes, clarinets and saxophones — are invariably drowned out by the brass section, meaning their dedication to musicianship doesn’t rely on recognition. When U.S.C. Plays U.C.L.A., They Play Too 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Though his focus was on studying saxophone, he never gave up on dance. Tapper, musician Alex Dugdale cuts a rug at ‘Sacred Music’ 2013-12-23T20:06:42Z “One of the things Fats said that he liked about Herb was the tone of his saxophone. When you heard Fats live, with Herb in the band, you were hearing the original studio sound.” Herbert Hardesty, Fats Domino’s Saxophonist, Dies at 91 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Clemons' booming saxophone solos became a signature sound for the E Street Band on many key songs, especially on Bruce Springsteen's breakthrough album, "Born to Run." 2 Christmas songs by late Clemons to be released 2011-10-17T18:03:01Z And 87-year-old Chicago saxophone legend Von Freeman has been chosen to receive the nation's highest jazz honor: the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters award, according to sources. Jazz at Symphony Center and Von Freeman's award 2011-04-19T19:31:48Z It’s understandable – the character incorporated many of Offerman’s traits: his flair for woodwork, his talent with a saxophone and his outward projection of gruff manliness. Nick Offerman: 'Trump is about to be presented with a gory butcher's bill' 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z The album’s throwaway track, a cover of “Sixteen Tons”, is nothing short of a self-indulgent exercise accented with skronking saxophone. The Dandy Warhols' This Machine: The Indie Rockers Go Goth 2012-04-25T16:00:53Z The saxophone strongman has generated piles of impressive recordings over the past decade, many of them made with a circular breathing technique that allows him to spray continuous information from his horn. Perspective | Is ‘Hereditary’ really the best horror movie in years? Sure sounds like it. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z There wasn’t a clear place for her saxophone to go, and at first, it seemed as if this partnership might be doomed. Live Jazz: 3 May Standouts, From Sullivan Fortner to Dana Murray 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The saxophone solo on 'Who Can It Be Now' was the rehearsal take. Men at Work musician Greg Ham found dead 2012-04-19T12:07:12Z Playing soprano saxophone, Mallinger floated phrases as if there were no backbeat to speak of, the gauzy quality of his tone aptly suited to Shorter's nocturne. Saxophonist Pat Mallinger gets a moment of glory 2011-03-06T15:54:00Z Also there are saxophones, drum solos and guitar heroics. Fall album roundup: The Moondoggies, Truckasauras, Drew Grow and the Pastors' Wives, THEESatisfaction, Blood Hot Beat 2010-09-26T00:23:00Z In Mr. Tunick’s orchestration the suite is eerily mellow and alluring, with echoes of Ravel, complete with a plaintive saxophone that suggests a jazzy Paris night spot. Music Review: Philharmonic’s ‘Symphonic Sondheim’ at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-01-30T23:29:07Z He also plays saxophone with the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, a community ensemble of which he is on the board. Renée Gray, Andrew Raff 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z They add a two-piece brass section, including Yakuza saxophone monster Bruce Lemont, and the wall of sound is imposing. Pitchfork Day 2: Sleigh Bells, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Wild Flag 2012-07-15T06:26:00Z “He said my role in the play is to always be attending to Fela because that is what she did, so you see me lighting his cigarettes, giving him his saxophone, wiping his brow.” Finding Depth in Fela?s Women 2009-12-17T15:17:00Z There was a moment in the early 1980s post-punk scene, I was told on Tuesday, when some New York bands distinguished themselves by adding saxophones to the mix. Review: East Meets West in a New York Debut 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z And where John used screeching saxophone wails to summon higher powers, Alice took the opposite approach, channeling serenity through the chords of her piano and the strum of her harp. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Actually, the two members of Sonnymoon met at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, where Dane Orr was studying saxophone and Anna Wise was studying singing. New band of the day – Sonnymoon (No 1,340) 2012-08-30T14:55:34Z It will play only works by composers who think about the saxophone idiomatically. 2010-01-31T06:12:00Z The saxophone player James Senese, caught in blue light, lets the blues flow like water. 'Passione: A Musical Adventure' hits the right notes 2011-07-14T19:31:05Z On other songs, like “_____45_____,” a delirious riff between Vernon and a saxophone, he was minimal and genteel, bending his voice away from the beat. Swooning to the Strangeness of Bon Iver 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z In the second movement, “The Song Is for You,” a melancholic yet unsettled saxophone melody emerges over what Mr. Adams aptly calls “pools” of chromatically tinted sonorities. Music Review: ‘City Noir,’ by John Adams, at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-13T21:21:56Z In a climactic chase scene, White intercuts different Coleman performances, on trumpet and saxophone, with a hectic brevity that treats the jazz genius’s improvisations like actual movie music without betraying their originality. Ornette Coleman’s Inspired Soundtrack for “Who’s Crazy?” 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z She describes growing up on Long Island immersed in her parents’ nostalgia — watching old movies, listening to musicals and to the jazz collection of her father, a dentist who played the saxophone and clarinet. Deborah Kass’s ‘Before and Happily Ever After’ Retrospective 2012-10-28T16:28:43Z Shown seated in an upholstered chair with a straight saxophone, Mr. Ware plays quickly, in drifts and flurries, his tone both tart and focused. Memorial Service for David S. Ware, Jazz Saxophonist 2013-01-08T23:13:50Z This works smoothly, as when a saxophone aptly depicts Malcolm’s new life in big-city Boston, or when a wailing, longing trumpet accompanies prayer in Mecca. Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Shepp paces back across the stage in a caftan, wild and emotional, his saxophone and his presence soaring. At 81, jazz titan Archie Shepp’s legacy comes into clear focus 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z And there are still the good things in life – paintings by Christopher Wood, Lester Young's saxophone, a drink at six o'clock. TV review: Page Eight 2011-08-28T21:45:01Z Mr. Turner speaks privately through his tenor saxophone, as if he has much to say but isn’t so sure you care to hear it. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Stetson, mostly on bass saxophone, provided a low, gassy drone under coolly harmonized voices in those pieces and in “Breathing Black Ground,” by the violinist Sarah Neufeld, an Arcade Fire associate. Music Review: Colin Stetson and Brooklyn Youth Chorus at Merkin Hall 2014-03-24T22:28:40Z One track, wryly titled “Histrionics,” involves a chantlike melody assigned only to tenor saxophone, toms and bass drum. Playlist: New Music by Craig Taborn Trio, J. D. Allen and Eric Church 2013-04-20T22:50:58Z Born in Norfolk, Va., Clemons was the grandson of a Baptist minister and began playing the saxophone when he was 9. E Street Band sax player Clarence Clemons dies 2011-06-19T01:55:13Z In the freewheeling jazzy passages, Mr. Frost’s clarinet appeared to transform momentarily into a saxophone. Martin Frost at the Mostly Mozart Festival 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z His saxophone emits a broad and smoky sound, with a measured inflection that gives the music an unhurried, cogitative pacing. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The latest example is “In Movement,” the debut ECM release by an exploratory trio with Mr. DeJohnette on drums and piano, Ravi Coltrane on saxophones and Matthew Garrison on electronics and bass guitar. Review: Jack DeJohnette’s ‘In Movement’ and ‘Return’ Show Sweep 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z In the past he’s recorded it on Hammond organ, in a different group, with saxophone and drums. Music Review: Making a Return From Organ to Piano at the Village Vanguard 2010-04-14T22:57:00Z But on the album, unexpected sounds also tend to loom up — electronics, a saxophone, a drum machine, a choir — and song structures sometimes dissolve or go on tangents. Aldous Harding’s Songs Won’t Be Pinned Down. Nor Will Her Voice. 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Hill often showed up for work at the post office at 4 a.m. to practice his saxophone before sorting and delivering the mail. Buck Hill, saxophonist and D.C. ‘local legend,’ dies at 90 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Dickson started learning the saxophone when she was so young that she had to work out a quirky way of holding such a large instrument. Saxophonist Dickson plays classics, pop and saves lives too 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z It’s a strangely shaped band, lacking in low-range: after several lineup changes and several records, this version includes two electric guitars, tenor saxophone and drums. Critics? Choice: New CDs by the Dead Weather, Michael Bolton, Zs 2010-05-09T21:44:00Z Later, at the same club, Matana Roberts played a short, unaccompanied tenor saxophone set, followed by a long wait for Aaron Goldberg’s trio. ArtsBeat: A Lot of Jazz. Many More People. 2011-01-08T22:14:32Z It also exposed the intervallic oddness of some of the songs, as arranged for alto flute and bass clarinet, or flute and tenor saxophone. Music Review: Honoring a Jazz Pianist and Mentor (Without Using a Single Jazz Piano) 2010-10-11T21:54:00Z He was one of two musicians named Frank in the band’s saxophone section, the other being the tenor saxophonist and flutist Frank Wess. Frank Foster, Jazz Saxophonist, Composer and Arranger, Dies at 82 2011-07-27T03:26:25Z Ellington’s opening piano figure tiptoes around the chords it implies; Coltrane’s saxophone wafts in as if the melody is nearly too exquisite to disturb. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z He was an avid saxophone player throughout high school, studied music in college and ultimately earned his doctorate in music composition at George Mason University. This teacher was called to protect the U.S. Capitol as a National Guard member. He now holds class from a Humvee. 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z He taught himself saxophone and began writing music in his teens, but his indiscipline kept him from music college, and he was viewed with suspicion by Amsterdam's bebop-oriented jazz players. Willem Breuker obituary 2010-07-29T17:27:00Z She played guitar and wrote songs, but switched to alto saxophone after seeing a video of Charlie Parker in middle-school band class. For the Saxophonist Zoh Amba, Free Jazz Is Gospel 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z While still in Australia, with the band's saxophone player Tim Ries in a last-minute gig at the Ellington Jazz Club in Perth. Stones gigs rescheduled to late 2014 2014-03-21T10:18:52Z On this record, she mixes recordings of other instruments — passed and filtered through analog tape — with warbling saxophone. The Playlist: Previously Unreleased Hendrix, and 10 More New Songs 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Also on offer was Ewart’s piping, ecstatic approach to the sopranino saxophone, informed by bebop and the avant-garde alike. Review: A Contemporary Music Group’s Next Era Begins 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z This band has a rare instrumentation — tenor saxophone, tuba, two drummers — and a relentless, jouncing sound anchored in rhythms of the Caribbean. With Sons of Kemet, Shabaka Hutchings Brings London Jazz Into the Spotlight 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Musicians represented a global palette of sounds: the Japanese samisen, African djembe and Congo drums, harp, saxophone, accordion and violin. Rashaad Newsome Pulls Out All the Stops 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z He later learned saxophone, toured the South with rock and R&B bands, and released a smattering of records under his own name that attracted little notice. Billy Sherrill, Producer Who Brought New Sound to Country Music, Dies at 78 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z After one performance in Louisiana, he was reportedly beaten by a mob, members of which threw his saxophone off a cliff. Ornette Coleman, innovative force in jazz and modern music, dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Guided by eastern meditational practices, and the musical perceptiveness of ECM Records' owner Manfred Eicher, he has slowly honed what has become one of the most instantly recognisable saxophone sounds in jazz. Take five: John Fordham's month in jazz – March 2013-03-19T15:42:59Z On the title track, a group improvisation, Mr. Garrison lays a framework of looped chords and effects, over which Ravi Coltrane ventures a soprano saxophone melody, elucidating a song form in real time. Review: Jack DeJohnette’s ‘In Movement’ and ‘Return’ Show Sweep 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z At FringeArts, all six stood at attention to begin the set, facing stage left; Mr. Mitchell tooted a staccato note on his saxophone, and the musicians took their positions. A Revolution in Jazz? An Avant-Garde Festival Makes History, but Not Community 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z He learned to play several instruments, including trumpet, trombone, saxophone and drums, in a Salvation Army band. John D. Loudermilk, Nashville songwriter of ‘Tobacco Road,’ dies at 82 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Lain across the top, switching between saxophones, trumpet, flute and clarinet, is Mr. Carter, a picture of patience and warm power. The Playlist: Lil Peep’s Sweet Gloom, and 8 More New Songs 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Men in dapper blue suits blow on a saxophone and a tuba beside the lake where the lovers first kiss. 'Hopscotch,' dubbed the 'asphalt opera,' hits the streets of L.A. 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z That made me really want to become a saxophone player.” Channeling a Bombshell, One Jazzy Note at a Time 2011-08-06T20:43:02Z They introduced a distinctively Jamaican emphasis on the upbeat, underlined on guitar and saxophone, that would persist as Jamaican pop evolved toward reggae. Prince Buster, Trailblazer of Ska, Dies at 78 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z The guitar, which was central to Bon Iver’s early releases, is largely minimized here in favor of percussion, electronic effects and also saxophone. Review: With ‘22, a Million,’ Bon Iver Beats a Retreat to Even Quieter Reinvention 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z He draws here from a new album, “In Memory of Things Yet Seen,” featuring a knockabout quartet with Darius Jones on alto saxophone, Bill McHenry on tenor saxophone and Chad Taylor on drums. Jazz Listings for Sept. 26-Oct. 2 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z He was a freshman economics major at Tuskegee when one of his future bandmates spotted him carrying a saxophone case and offered him a spot in the band that would become the Commodores. Lionel Richie Wants to Teach You How to Be a Real ‘American Idol’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z There’s also a bassist, Drew Gress, and a guitarist, Liberty Ellman, along with Mr. Robinson on tenor and soprano saxophones and alto flute. New Music: ‘La Misma Gran Senora’ by Jenni Rivera and ‘Tiresian Symmetry’ by Jason Robinson 2012-12-17T22:57:59Z "The saxophone, just like the electric guitar... carries that cultural message with it." Classical Saxophone in Proms spotlight 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Now in his late 40s, he’s lately been making records for solo soprano saxophone, and releasing them himself. Pop: New Releases from Saxophone Players and Drummers 2012-10-07T05:10:06Z Darius Jones’s alto saxophone sound is bulbous and bawling, but it’s also sharp enough to cut deep, lodging itself in your mind. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Though he grew up playing piano, clarinet and saxophone, and has been writing and recording songs since he was a teenager, he never intended to share his music. Guy Pearce Knows How to Riff 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Having Connick bedside to take temperatures and play the saxophone would be enough to cheer up many mammals, but Winter is partial to this troubled latchkey boy. Dolphin Tale: The Winter of Our Heart's Content 2011-09-21T22:15:00Z Those who dislike Houston’s music inevitably focus on the slickness of the production, and “I Will Always Love You” is dressed up with unctuous saxophone and plush keyboards. Kot: Houston had a voice that served the song 2012-02-12T22:06:00Z Or like this set: full of suspense and dramatic tension, and wise, abrupt solos by this bandleader on alto saxophone and flute. From The Times, the Best Bands and Acts Heard All Year 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z With "City of Ruins", he paid tribute to lost friends, notably Clarence Clemons, his longtime comrade in arms, saxophone player and stage foil, who died last year. Springsteen storms through London marathon 2012-07-15T11:02:01Z “You may see a few women performing around New Orleans, but it’s very few,” says Natasha Harris, who plays saxophone with the group. Essence Music Fest: The World’s Only All-Female Brass Band Takes the Stage 2012-07-09T15:00:32Z Kiss' Thayer, who grew up playing saxophone in a school music program before he ever touched a guitar, said the facility will spark kids' creative side. Alice Cooper, Doors guitarist playing at academy 2013-03-29T01:56:08Z In essence, "Sea Songs" attained its greatest impact when Gailloreto was playing saxophone alongside the strings and chorale. A rocky premiere for Gailloreto's ambitious 'Sea Songs' 2011-03-20T14:40:00Z Mr. Shorter, who had been taking private lessons on clarinet, switched to the tenor saxophone. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z There was a piano, saxophones, trumpets, clarinets, a broken violin, a four-track recorder and a beat machine that he said no one knew how to use. Kassa Overall Knows Artists Feel Pressure. His New Album Explores It. 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z He locked himself in a downtown Los Angeles loft with a saxophone to prepare for his role as Charlie Parker in Bird. Oscar Winner Forest Whitaker's New Role: Fighting For Africa's Child Soldiers 2012-12-06T15:00:00Z But what about the musical purists, who might object to saxophones playing Handel? Handel with saxophone is music to conductor Jarvi's ears 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z The choir is joined by the saxophone ensemble Prism Quartet. Classical Music Listings for Jan. 22-28 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Bottle caps work perfectly well as keys for a saxophone. From landfill in Paraguay, sweet music emerges 2012-12-15T21:57:05Z When Mr. Lake joins the quartet, his saxophone playing sparks new heights of intensity. The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Ms. Anderson, Mr. Reed and Mr. Zorn’s set focused on Mr. Zorn’s eloquent and expressive alto saxophone playing, which shifted from mournfulness to lurid rage. Music Review: Strum, Pluck, Rescue, Rebuild 2011-04-11T21:45:04Z Attention turns to improvisations on Saturday, both in an early concert with Mr. Zorn on saxophone, and later, for “Cobra.” Classical & Opera Listings for Oct. 9-15 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The first notes of the suite he heard were from “Psalm,” its last movement, the tenderest part: a praise poem, addressed directly to God, that Coltrane had set to music and played through his saxophone. What a Rare, Live ‘A Love Supreme’ Reveals About John Coltrane 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z But there’s nothing dated about its sound here, especially as Mr. Harper tears into a tenor saxophone solo, around the five-minute mark. The Playlist: 21 Songs From 2016 That Nearly Got Away 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The saxophone’s wide range of timbre can be heard to fine effect on the five discs Prism has released since 2008. 2010-01-31T06:12:00Z The leader of the band is Bryan Murray, a West Virginia native who plays tenor saxophone and, during the waning moments of the album, an affectingly mournful tin whistle. New Music: Young Jeezy, Nero, and Bryan and the Haggards - Review 2011-12-19T22:55:56Z There’s something oddly potent about Mr. Burnett’s tenor saxophone sound, a tightly channeled and searing thing that cuts a trench in your mind without giving you a whole lot of graspable melodic information. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Colored lights flashed across his seven band mates, on drums, saxophone and tambourine. Next Stop: Food and Art in Sebastopol, California 2011-10-21T18:50:00Z The title track is a previously unissued piece of Mr. Coleman’s, in a manner of speaking: It’s a scrappy tune transcribed from his alto saxophone playing. Review: An All-Star Jazz Trio Explores Form and Freedom 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z His dream is to introduce his line of Kenny G saxophones to schools in Seattle and around the country. Kenny G plays Seattle's Jazz Alley for the first time 2012-04-19T20:28:03Z “Had an idea of who to be,” Kenney sings on this tale of self-revision and emotional growth, as a silky saxophone solo suddenly takes the song in a new direction. PinkPantheress’s Bittersweet ‘Barbie’ Tune, and 11 More New Songs 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Here he leads a band stocked with serious-minded musicians from his peer group: Ben Wendel on tenor saxophone, Aaron Parks on piano, Charles Altura on guitar and Justin Brown on drums. Jazz Listings for Jan. 1-7 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z He slows it down into a slow saxophone jazz piece, but it's the daddy's melody. Women's empowerment is not "kicking ass in bikinis": Julie Taymor on what real feminism looks like 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Even when he is handed a saxophone to mime a solo, he looks the part. Fela Kuti: Spliffs, riffs . . . and 27 wives 2010-10-26T20:31:00Z “I’m a saxophone player and I ran a small jazz club in Vancouver for 15 years,” says Weeds. New releases of vintage jazz recordings show Seattle jazz haunt The Penthouse in its prime 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The saxophone, he added, “is practically on a breathless escape from these beats — but it actually plays a relatively simple melody, however tilted and bent.” A New Album Reflects a Composer’s Stubborn Versatility 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Before you took up the saxophone, you played the clarinet in church? “If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z VH1's donation included 11 clarinets, eight flutes, six trumpets, four trombones, three alto saxophones, and a ready-made percussion section with snare and bass drums, cymbals and marching bells. Foundation aims for new instruments across W.Va. 2011-01-29T16:35:08Z At Cake Shop he sang through most of a midnight set — unintelligibly and off key — against sloppy, deep-murk funk grooves with bleating trumpet and saxophone. Music Review: Two Different Spins for a Noisy Room 2011-08-17T22:09:16Z But he was drawn to jazz, and he began playing saxophone in the early l950s. Manu Dibango, Soulful Ambassador of African Music, Dies at 86 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z He continued playing clarinet and saxophone in pit bands and composing Tin Pan Alleyesque songs — he won a contest for a tune called “That’s Why I’m Blue” — but also began investigating European Modernism. Making Milton Babbitt’s Legacy Less Fearsome 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z He also played soprano saxophone, and in the mid-1950s he became one of the first significant jazz flutists, impressing the critics if not himself. James Moody, Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 85 2010-12-10T19:00:00Z Two pieces by Mr. Adriaansz, “Fraction” and “Phrase,” layered sustained acoustic sounds — from instruments including a guitar, saxophone and hammered dulcimers — over electronic sine waves. Review: International Contemporary Ensemble Weaves Among Tonalities 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Phrase by phrase, they change texture and dynamics: a hushed trumpet note, tendrils of delicate acoustic picking, a flurry of solo saxophone, a blast of electric guitar. ArtsBeat: Bonnaroo: Final Thoughts 2012-06-11T08:36:58Z The daughter of classical musicians, she was told in high school that the saxophone was unsuitable for a young woman — but she taught herself anyway. 10 Women in Jazz Who Never Got Their Due 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Quintets are a standard format in jazz; having two saxophones up front, less so. Marta Sánchez Finds Beauty in Loss With a Refreshed Quintet 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Hers is loose and genial: besides the standard old-time lineup, which she described as “banjo, guitar, fiddle, bass, feet!,” she’s seen “clarinet, saxophone, Baskin Robbins spoons and interpretive singing” worked into the scrum. From City Folk, Toe-Tapping Country Sounds 2011-02-24T21:28:59Z |
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