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Tomorrow is the first meeting of a new saxophone quartet that I have brought together. I'm doing it now partly because my two function bands have recently stopped and also because I have managed to get my collection of quartet arrangements back from long term loan to another friend.
We all know each other from big band and it should be fun. I am playing baritone and we have the standard SATB line-up but the possibility of doubling could allow us to do AATB or various other combinations.
I normally play a bright Lawton mouthpiece on bari for big band, but am going to try an old Selmer Solosit to help blend with the others. It's got a rich and flexible sound and can do the jazz things as well as classical.
At the moment we are thinking of rehearsing once a month, just for fun rather than with a view to performing, but you never know what it might lead to. For the first rehearsal we are blowing through these arrangements:
Rhys
We all know each other from big band and it should be fun. I am playing baritone and we have the standard SATB line-up but the possibility of doubling could allow us to do AATB or various other combinations.
I normally play a bright Lawton mouthpiece on bari for big band, but am going to try an old Selmer Solosit to help blend with the others. It's got a rich and flexible sound and can do the jazz things as well as classical.
At the moment we are thinking of rehearsing once a month, just for fun rather than with a view to performing, but you never know what it might lead to. For the first rehearsal we are blowing through these arrangements:
- A Very First Saxophone Quartet Book - Colin Cowles
- Birdland (Zawinul) arr. Zdenko Ivanusic
- Love is Here to Stay (George Gershwin) arr. Bill Holcombe
- Reflections (Monk) arr. Steve Slagle
- Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte (Ravel) arr. Jeffrey Wilson
- Jelly Roll (Mingus) arr. Frank Reinshagen
Rhys
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