JSngry Posted January 26, 2020 Author Report Posted January 26, 2020 Really wasn't sure what this was going to be, Dusty Groove had no description, but oh well, took a chance, and it ends up being quite enjoyable! Per: https://en.schott-music.com/shop/musik-fuer-saxophon-aus-berlin-vol-1-no321470.html The 1930s saw composers in Berlin beginning to use the saxophone as a classical instrument – the alto sax paired with the piano being a particular favorite. But alas, the heyday of the classical saxophone in Germany was all too short. The Nazis’ cultural policy was the kiss of death for this pariah instrument. Yet a good number of works for the concert saxophone still emerged in the face of this restrictive environment. Some appeared in Berlin, others were created in the exile that many composers had to choose after 1933. Only a handful of works for alto sax and piano were written in Germany after the war, and it wasn’t until the 1980s that this format finally enjoyed a rebirth. The four-part series “Music for Saxophone from Berlin / Music for Saxophone from Germany” offers a selection of works for this distinctive liaison of instruments – from pre-war Berlin, post-war Germany, and again from Berlin’s flourishing musical life at the turn of the millennium. Most of these are world-premiere recordings. “Music for Saxophone from Berlin Vol. 1” kicks off the series – and brings to life the enthusiasm which renowned composers from the 1930s had for this relatively new voice in the choir of classical instruments. The “ultimate discipline” of the sonata comes alive in exciting and rebellious pieces for alto sax and piano by Erwin Schulhoff, Wolfgang Jacobi, Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, and Erwin Dressel. Humorously jazzy, classical and elegant, soberly linear, romantically opulent. This is the diverse palette of styles that composers explored around 1930–32 – just before the National Socialists seized power. So it sounds like there's a series? Can't say I'm going to burn up the internet looking for the remainders, but if any of them show up, hey, sure! Quote
HutchFan Posted January 27, 2020 Report Posted January 27, 2020 This album is the subject of today's entry on my blog, PLAYING FAVORITES Quote
Gheorghe Posted January 27, 2020 Report Posted January 27, 2020 So good ! The Heads of State "Four in One", one of my favourite Albums from the last few years. Quote
JSngry Posted January 27, 2020 Author Report Posted January 27, 2020 2 hours ago, jazzcorner said: Chuck Findley? Do tell! Quote
HutchFan Posted January 27, 2020 Report Posted January 27, 2020 This morning, two by Mario Bauzá y Graciela: La Botánica (Lamp/Coco) and Afro-Cuban Jazz (Caiman/Manzana) Quote
Gheorghe Posted January 27, 2020 Report Posted January 27, 2020 This speaks for itself ! A Milestone in the BN History ! Quote
Peter Friedman Posted January 27, 2020 Report Posted January 27, 2020 Bjorn Johansen (Norwegian Tenor player) with the Cedar Walton Trio - David Williams & Billy Higgins Quote
duaneiac Posted January 27, 2020 Report Posted January 27, 2020 This sure sounds like a theme song in search of a movie -- sadly, the kind of movie they just don't make any more; I imagine it as a 1960's spy spoof romantic comedy and it would have starred Doris Day, Tony Curtis, Red Buttons and Vincent Price. Arrangement by Benny Carter. Quote
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