I have been reading so many wonderful posts, but have completely forgotten to post about all that has been happening. Now that I have some time, a number of posts are incoming to catch up.
For starters, late last year, we prepared music for Bill Conti's new "Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Piano". Danita and I attended the premiere performance by Fr. James O'Rielly in January in Los Angeles. 🎷 🎹
#SopranoSax #sax #concerto #BillConti #music
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Doldinger Goes On by Klaus Doldinger, released on Philips in 1967.
Doldinger Goes On Review by Jason Ankeny
Doldinger Goes On captures the saxophonist in flux between the modern jazz sensibilities of his previous records and the fusion approach he later explored in full with Passport. Alternating between tenor and soprano, Doldinger achieves a lithe, glowing tone perfectly matched to the expressive grooves of keyboardist Ingfried Hoffmann -- the performances are open-ended yet focused, promising a myriad of creative possibilities while suggesting a full command of each of them...
https://archive.org/details/doldinger-goes-on
Sortie by Steve Lacy, released on Polydor in 1966.
ILY wrote on Rate My Music:
Delineated by the 11-minute "Sortie", a scattered and disconnected fresco of bright-colored convulsions, Sortie delivered constant battles of mutual completeness between Steve Lacy on the saxophone and Enrico Rava on the trumpet, predating the manic funk-jazz of Miles Davis in the '70s. "Black Elk" and the 14-minute "Living T Blues" were cut from the same cloth, both depicting eye-catching episodes of feverish imagination and contained shudders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCT-ZXM4dL0&list=RDXCT-ZXM4dL0&start_radio=1
Soprano Ambient Jam - Vhorns Saxophones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBW747r3JnA
#ambientmusic #relaxingmusic #sopranosax #jam #jamming #acousticsamples #ewi #akaiewi #sax #soothingmusic #atmosphericmusic #darksideofsynth
The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy is the third album by Steve Lacy and the first to be released on the Candid label in 1961. It features performances of tunes written by Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, Miles Davis, by Lacy, Charles Davis, John Ore and Roy Haynes.
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars stating "Some of soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy's most interesting recordings are his earliest ones. After spending periods of time playing with Dixieland groups and then with Cecil Taylor (which was quite a jump), Lacy made several recordings that displayed his love of Thelonious Monk's music plus his varied experiences...on three of the most difficult Monk tunes ("Introspection," "Played Twice," and "Criss Cross") plus two Cecil Taylor compositions and Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee."
#stevelacy #sopranosax #jazz #freejazz #theloniousmonk #ceciltaylor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGIT3PecDMk&list=OLAK5uy_kJurC2dxP2cWkXLQCEZQO6j5zGXaIdA50&index=1
Soprano Sax Ambient Jam
#ambientmusic #jamuary2025 #sax #akaiewi #relaxingmusic #jamming #sopranosax #freemusic #bandcamp #saxjam
#darksideofsynth
Not Yet, Not Now
https://musicshop.themadmaggies.com/track/not-yet-not-now
#TheMadMaggies
#Music #WomenComposers
#Accordion #Guitar #Bass #Drums #Tuba #Trombone #Sax #Clarinet #SopranoSax #Ska
from the album Still Standing
Jason Poss
Andi Chorley
Dark Side of Synth
Bc Clarity Carlton-Martin
Mags at Large
Syd Polk (he/his/whatever)