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Songs for Beginners is the debut solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Graham Nash.Released in May 1971, it was one of four high-profile albums (all charting within the top fifteen) released by each member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping Déjà Vu album of 1970, along with After the Gold Rush (Neil Young, September 1970), Stephen Stills (Stephen ...
The tenor saxophone became best known to the general public through its frequent use in jazz music. It was the pioneering genius of Coleman Hawkins in the 1930s that lifted the tenor saxophone from its traditional role of adding weight to the ensemble and established it as a highly effective melody instrument in its own right. Many innovative ...
Galgenlieder (Gallows Songs) for Saxophone Quartet and Choir (2014)—Lera Auerbach; Galgenlieder (Gallows Songs) for Saxophone Quartet and Children Choir (2015)—Lera Auerbach; I Saw Eternity for Soprano Saxophone and TTBB Choir (2012)—Paul Mealor; Making or Breaking for Soprano Saxophone and SSAATTBB Choir (2015)—Kim André Arnesen
He played the saxophone solo on David Bowie's theme song for the film Absolute Beginners (1986). [10] He also contributed to the jazz club movie Stormy Monday (1988). [ 9 ] In 1995, he was commissioned by the Appleby Jazz Festival organiser Neil Ferber to write The "Pennine Suite" for a jazz big band which was premiered at the 1995 Appleby ...
Mojo chose the song as number 61 in its countdown of Bowie's 100 greatest songs. [7] Don Weller's saxophone solo has been described by musicOMH as "perhaps the best" saxophone solo in a Bowie song. They characterised it as "the sound of one man trying to violently expel his innards through the bell of his instrument" and "one of the most ...
Accent on Tenor Sax is an album by saxophonist Coleman Hawkins which was recorded in 1955 for the Urania label. [1] [2] Reception. Professional ratings; Review scores;
Rudy Wiedoeft became the best known individual saxophone stylist and virtuoso during this period leading into the "saxophone craze" of the 1920s. [29] Following it, the saxophone became featured in music as diverse as the "sweet" music of Paul Whiteman and Guy Lombardo, jazz, swing, and large stage show bands. [citation needed]
Henry Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American tenor saxophonist and composer. [1] Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", [2] a metaphor used to describe his tone, that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane nor as mellow as Lester Young, and his style that was laid-back, subtle and melodic, especially in contrast with ...