Playing Tribute: A Nod to the Paris & the Hollywood Saxophone Quartets

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The Utah Saxophone Quartet was formed at Brigham Young University in 1983 to be an exemplary ensemble for BYU saxophone students and to provide a performance outlet for the members involved. When Ray Smith was hired to teach saxophone at BYU in 1982, it was his dream to bring the fine art of saxophone quartet performance to Utah. The Utah Saxophone Quartet has been a pioneering ensemble since that time.

The current personnel has been stable since about 1985, and all the members of the quartet are BYU School of Music alumni. In fact, they have been friends since high school and have studied with several common teachers, including Steve Allen and David Randall, former director of the BYU School of Music.

The quartet has always used the French saxophone quartet instrumentation with Ray Smith on soprano, Daron Bradford on alto, David Feller on tenor, and Gaylen Smith on baritone. All of the members of the ensemble double on multiple woodwinds, and the quartet will often add clarinet quartets, flute quartets, or mixed woodwind quartets to concert programs. This album includes four clarinet quartets in addition to the saxophone offerings.

Each member of the quartet is extensively active in the Utah recording scene, and all are mainstays in the Utah performance arena.

This project has been a labor of love and has brought to recorded history many of the pieces that have thrilled live audiences for the past two decades.

Playing Tribute: A Nod to the Paris & the Hollywood Saxophone Quartets,Eugene Bozza, Gabriel Pierné, Isaac Albéniz, Jean Francaix, Claude Debussy, Alfred Desenclos, Greorge Gershwin, Sammy Nestico, Tom Turpin, Scott Hayden, Scott Joplin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jack Marshall, Dan Higgins, Harry Warren, Mack Gordon, Jerome Keren, Richard Rodgers, John Whitney Faustin and Maurice JeanJean,The Utah Saxophone Quartet,Daron Bradford, David Feller, Gaylen Smith Ray Smith,Tantara Records

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Playing Tribute: A Nod to the Paris & the Hollywood Saxophone Quartets Manufacturer: Tantara Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: French Saxophone Quartets ASIN: B0009SRXCQ Release Date: 2005-04-18

Tracks:

1. Gaitillageoise
2. Doux Paysage
3. Papillons (Scherzo)
4. Concert sur la Place (Humoristique)
5. Andante
6. Scherzo
7. Chanson de la Grand' Maman (1938)
8. Chanson d'Autrefois (1938)
9. La Veillde L'ange Gardien
10. Marche des Petits Soldats de Plomb (1946)
11. Allegro moderato [Sevilla (1886, trans. 1978)]
12. Gaguenardise
13. Cantil
14. Snade Comique
15. La Fille aux cheveux de lin (1910, arr. 2001) "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair"
16. Allegro non troppo
17. Andante [Quatuor pour Saxophones (1964)]
18. Poco largo, ma risoluto--Allegro energico [Quatuor pour Saxophones (1964)]

Tracks:

1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
2. Andante con moto e poco rubato
3. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
4. The Demure
5. The Delightful
6. Pan -Am Rag ( 1901)
7. Something Doing (1903)
8. The Cascades (1904)
9. Air (1731, arr. 1987)
10. Sweet Betsy from Pike
11. The Days of '49[The Goldrush Suite (1959)]
12. California Stage Coach[The Goldrush Suite (1959)]
13. Used Up Man[The Goldrush Suite (1959)]
14. What Was Your Name in the States?[The Goldrush Suite (1959)]
15. Lousy Miner[The Goldrush Suite (1959)]
16. Joe Bowers and the California Band Robbers[The Goldrush Suite (1959)]
17. On the Cool Side
18. Opus 44[Pieces for Clarinet Quartet (1990)]
19. Let Me Hear You[Pieces for Clarinet Quartet (1990)]
20. Chasin'[Pieces for Clarinet Quartet (1990)]
21. There Will Never Be Another You
22. All the Things You Are
23. Have You Met Miss Jones
24. Fascinatin' Rhythm
25. The Junk Food Blues (1979, arr. 1988)

Product Description

The Utah Saxophone Quartet was formed at Brigham Young University in 1983 to be an exemplary ensemble for BYU saxophone students and to provide a performance outlet for the members involved. When Ray Smith was hired to teach saxophone at BYU in 1982, it was his dream to bring the fine art of saxophone quartet performance to Utah. The Utah Saxophone Quartet has been a pioneering ensemble since that time. The current personnel has been stable since about 1985, and all the members of the quartet are BYU School of Music alumni. In fact, they have been friends since high school and have studied with several common teachers, including Steve Allen and David Randall, former director of the BYU School of Music. The quartet has always used the French saxophone quartet instrumentation with Ray Smith on soprano, Daron Bradford on alto, David Feller on tenor, and Gaylen Smith on baritone. All of the members of the ensemble double on multiple woodwinds, and the quartet will often add clarinet quartets, flute quartets, or mixed woodwind quartets to concert programs. This album includes four clarinet quartets in addition to the saxophone offerings. Each member of the quartet is extensively active in the Utah recording scene, and all are mainstays in the Utah performance arena. This project has been a labor of love and has brought to recorded history many of the pieces that have thrilled live audiences for the past two decades.

Track Listings:

1. Portrait Of The Artist
2. Première Oboe Works: Harry Sargous Plays Bolcom, Singer, Cowell, Bassett
3. Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
4. Ravel: Bolero/Valse/Rapsodie Espagnole/Alborada del Gracioso
5. Raw Recordings: 1997-2005
6. Reinhold Gliere: Ballet Suites Nos.1 and 2
7. Richter Plays Liszt, Live-1956-1961
8. Roméo et Juliette
9. ROMANTIC OPERA DUETS : Callas / Tebaldi / Björling etc
10. Simply Brilliant!

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