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Music:Member Since: 10/25/2006Band Members: Important early Jazz Saxophonists: Sidney Bechet Benny Carter John Coltrane Paul Desmond Jimmy Dorsey Stanley Getz Coleman Hawkins Johnny Hodges Lee Konitz Gerry Mulligan Charles C. "Bird" Parker Sonny Rollins Wayne Shorter Zoot Sims Sonny Stitt Ben Webster Phil Woods Lester Young Recent Jazz/Crossover Artists: Joe Lovano Branford Marsalis Michael Brecker James Carter Joshua Redman Dave Koz Kenny G Joe Henderson Frank Morgan Bob Berg Kenny Garrett Kirk Whalum Gerald Albright David Sandborn Chris Potter Nick Brignola Influences: 1814 - Antoine-Joseph (Adolphe) Sax born 6 November, Dinant, Belgium 1828 - Sax begin studies instrument-making with his father, Charles-Joseph 1834 - Adolphe Sax perfects bass-clarinet design 1842 - Sax arrives in Paris 1842 - 12 June--Sax's close friend Hector Berlioz writes article in Paris magazine Journal des Debats describing Sax's newest invention--the saxophone 1844 - 3 February--Berlioz conducts concert which features an arrangement of his choral work Chant Sacre which includes saxophone 1844 - December--Saxophone makes its orchestral debut in Georges Kastner's opera Last King of Juda; Paris Conservatory 1845 - Sax re-tools military band by replacing oboe, bassoons, and french horns with saxhorns in Bb and Eb, producing a more homogenous sound, his idea is a success 1845 - Georges Kastner--Variations Faciles et Brillante for solo saxophone; Sextour for 2 soprano, alto, bass and contrabass saxophones 1846 - Sax granted patent for saxophone 1847 - 14 February--Saxophone school set up at "Gymnase Musical"--a military band school in Paris 1852 - Sax's annonymous benefactory dies. 1856 - Sax declares bankruptcy for the first time. 1858 - Sax becomes Professor of Saxophone at Paris Conservatory 1858 - Jean-Baptiste Singelee writes first two Paris Conservatory contest solos; Concerto (sop./ten.), Fantaisie (bari.) 1859 September 29 - Sax's son Adolphe Edouard is born. 1861 - Wagner, in lieu of 12 French Horns, uses saxophones and saxhorns in the orchestra pit at the premiere of his opera Tannhauser 1862 - Jules Demerssemann (b. Belgium 1833, d. Paris 1866)--Fantaisie sur un Theme Originale (ded. to Henri Wuille, alto) 1866 - Sax patent expires--Millereau Co. patents Saxophone-Millereau, which features a forked F# key 1867 - Nazaire Beeckman becomes Professor of Saxophone at Brussels Conservatory 1868 - Gautrot, Pierre Louis & Co.--devises screw-in pad system and mechanism inside pad cup to keep outside of pad flat 1871 - Gustav Poncelet becomes Professor of Saxophone at Brussels Conservatory after Beeckman 1873 - Sax declares bankruptcy for the second and final time. 1875 - Goumas--patented saxophone with fingering system similar to Boehm system clarinet 1881 - Sax extends his original patent--lengthens bell to include low Bb and A; also extends upward range to F# and G with use of fourth octave key 1885 - First saxophone built in U.S. from Sax patent by Gus Buescher 1886 - Association Des Ouvriers--devise right hand C trill key, and a half-tone system for first fingers of left and right hands 1887 - Association Des Ouvriers--invent tuning ring, and precursor of articulated G# Evette and Schaeffer--improve on articulated G# so that G# key can be held down while any finger of the right hand is being used, improved forked F#, invented "bis" key, added low Bb 1888 - Lecomte--invents single octave key, rollers for low Eb-C 1890 – The first known recordings of the saxophone. 1890 - Gus Buescher started the first production of saxophone thru Conn Band instruments 1894 - Adolphe Sax dies and his son Adolphe Edoaurd takes over the factory. 1896 - Eugene Coffin plays on earliest Columbia saxophone recordings 1897 - Storyville is created. 1901 - 29 January, Charles Loeffler's Divertisment espanol is premiered by Elise Hall in Boston's Copley Hall (first work commissioned by E. Hall) 1901 - Elise Hall commissions Claude Debussy to write saxophone work 1903 - Symphonia Domestica by Richard Strauss. Score includes saxophones keyed in F & C: sopr., alto (mezzo), bari., bass. *Part now exists as obbligato section for instruments keyed in Bb and Eb. 1906 - 2 January, Elise Hall premieres Legend for saxophone and orchestra by Georges Sprok 1908 - The book entitled Universal Method for Saxophone, by Paul de Ville, is first published by Carl Fisher. 1911 - During a cadenza in "Eleven O' Clock, H. Benne Henton becomes the first American saxophonist to play altissimo notes during a solo performance. 1911 - Tom Brown and the Brown Brothers saxophone sextet popularize saxophone with American public with recordings of such songs as: Bullfrog Blues, Chicken Walk, et.al. 1914 - The saxophone begins to appear in jazz bands for the first time. 1914 - Rudy Wiedoeft makes his first saxophone record 1914 - the Vatican puts the saxophone on the interdict. Horn of the Devil. 1916 - Charles Ives writes saxophone part in Symphony No. 4 1917 - Bela Bartok's The Wooden Prince is premiered; score includes alto and tenor saxes 1917 - Benjamin Vereecken's Foundation of Saxophone Playing published by Carl Fischer 1918 - Percy Grainger uses saxophone for the first time in Children's March (sopr. alto, tenor, bari., and bass) 1919 - 11 March, premiere of Debussy's Rapsodie Yves Mayeur, soloist 1920 August 29 - Jazz alto great Charlie "Bird" Parker is born in Kansas City, Kansas. 1920 – Saxophones sells extremely well, soon to be the major jazz woodwind, although the clarinet would still be more prominent through the dixieland and swing eras. School bands begin to form, using saxophones. 1922 - Saxophone used in Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition 1922 – The Selmer Model 22 is introduced, using a forged key mechanism 1923 - Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (2 altos, tenor) 1923 - Darius Milhaud writes for saxophone in Le creation du monde 1924 - Elise Hall dies 1926 September 23 - Jazz tenor great John Coltrane in born in Hamlet, North Carolina. 1926 - Puccini's Turandot includes saxophone part in score 1926 - 31 January, first performance of serious saxophone literature in New York City's Aeolian Hall by Jascha Gurewich (1896-1938) 1926 – Selmer makes the Model 26, known as the "Pea Shooter" due to the small bore. 1927 - Jazz great Stan Getz is born. 1927 - Ravel uses saxophone in his Bolero (sopranissimo, soprano, tenor) 1928 - An American in Paris by George Gershwin (alto, tenor, bari) 1928 - Marcel Mule establishes quartet along with members of the Garde Republicaine de Paris 1928 - The Sax factory is bought by the Henri Selmer Company. 1929 - Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) composes 25 Caprices for Saxophone 1930 – Selmer acquires Adolphe Sax company. 1931 – Selmer produces the Cigar Cutter, so named for the flat plate with the hole, reminiscent of a cigar tip cutter. 1932 August 23 - Eugene Rousseau is born in Blue Island, Illinois. 1933 – Selmer's octave mechanism is changed. 1933 - Marcel Mule premieres Legend by Florent Schmitt (written for Elise Hall) 1935 – Selmer saxophones offer many mechanical changes, and the bell keys are put on the right side of the bell. Also, the action is balanced. 1936 - Eugene Bozza composes Aria for alto saxophone 1938 - Jascha Gurewich dies (known as composer of various saxophone works) 1938 - Saxophonist Louis Jordan leaves Chick Webb's band to form the Tympany Five, a slimmed down group that begins the rhythm & blues revolution. 1939 - Jazz saxophonist Arnold Brillhart begins design and production of mouthpieces. 1939 July 21 - Jamey Aebersold, an influential jazz saxophonist, is born. 1940 - Saxophonist Rudy Wiedoeft dies in Queens, NY on February 18 1941 - Top Tones, by Sigurd Rascher is released as a study to saxophone altissimo register 1942 - Stan Getz begins playing as a professional saxophonist 1942 - Marcel Mule is appointed Professor of Saxophone at the Paris Conservatory 1943 - 18 Berbiguier Exercises is published by Mule 1944 - Eugene Bozza publishes Improvisation et Caprice for solo saxophone (used of different instruments previously) 1946 - 48 Ferling Etudes is reissued through Marcel Mule 1947 – Selmer makes the Super action Sax, another transitional model, with some changes in key leverages, but otherwise similar to the balanced action model. 1948 - Birdland (named after Charlie "Bird" Parker) opens in New York City. 1948 - Saxophonist Wild Bill Moore releases "We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll". 1949 - The saxophone becomes the centerpiece sound of R&B and is used for its suggestiveness and its ability to incite a crowd into a frenzy as evidenced by Big Jay McNeely's smash "The Deacon's Hop" and the slowed down sultriness of Paul Williams "Hucklebuck". 1949 - Jazz saxophonists Gerry Mulligan and Lee Konitz are released along with other artists on Miles Davis' album Birth of the Cool 1953 - Larry Teal is appointed Professor of Saxophone at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor *becoming the first American public university, tenure-track appointment; founds doctoral program 1954 - The Selmer Mark VI Saxophone begins to be produced 1955 March 4 - Jazz great Charle "Bird" Parker plays at Birdland in what will be his last public performance. 1955 March 12 - Charlie Parker dies in New York City while Watching Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra on television. 1956 - Frederick Hemke is first American saxophonist to win Premiere Prix de Saxophone at the Paris Conservatory 1956 - Selmer starts to produce the Selmer Mark VI Saxophone. 1957 - Saxophone Colossus released by jazz tenor man Sonny Rollins 1958 - John Coltrane is jazz tenor saxophonist and quartet leader on the album, Giant Steps 1958 - Erland von Koch composes Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra for Sigurd Rascher 1959 - Take Five" a Paul Desmond composition is released on the album featuring the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Out 1959 - Jazz tenor legend Lester Young dies in New York on March 15 1961 - Percy Grainger dies, February 2 1962 - Eugene Rousseau studies with Marcel Mule 1963 - The Art of Saxophone Playing is published by Larry Teal 1963 - Fred Hemke is appointed to Northwestern Univ. staff 1964 - John Coltrane's A Love Supreme issued 1967 - July 17 - John Coltrane dies after suffering from severe abdominal pains. 1967 - DiPasquale Sonata is published for Tenor Sax (Southern Music) 1967 - Hartley writes and publishes Poem and Sonatina for James Houlik 1968 - Mule retires from Paris Conservatory, Deffayet takes over 1968 - Leslie Bassett's Music for Alto Saxophone and Piano is published (Peters) 1968 - Saxophonist James Stoltie hired at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music 1969 - Rascher Quartet is formed - Sigurd and Carina Rascher, Bruce Weinberger and Linda Bangs 1969 - May 19, Coleman Hawkins dies 1969 - December - 1st World Saxophone Congress Meeting, Chicago; organized by Brodie/Rousseau; *Donald Sinta elected Chairman 1970 - 2nd World Saxophone Congress Meeting, Chicago 1971 - Rosemary Lang altissimo studies published 1971 - Saxophone Concertos (Eugene Rousseau) record issued on Deutches Gramvmophon; reissued in CD 1998 1971 - 3rd WSC Meeting in Toronto 1972 - Daily Studies Teal 1973 - Nov. 8, Harvey Pittel makes Carnegie Hall debut 1973 - Fourth WSC Meeting in Bordeaux, France 1973 - Bob Berg joined Horace Silver’s band and remained there for three years, appearing on three of Silver’s albums 1974 - Larry Teal retires from the University of Michigan, Donald Sinta takes over 1974 - Ross Lee Finney composes Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra of wind instruments for Teal's retirement. Premiered by Sinta 1975 - Milhaud dies 1975 - Cannonball Adderly dies 1975 – With the Mark VII, the bore and taper are changed to facilitate production of the altissimo register. Minor intonation improvements . 1976 - Selmer introduces the Mark VII with a standard High F# key. 1976 - Bob Berg replaced George Coleman in Cedar Walton’s classic quartet 1976 - Selmer's square-chamber mouthpieces marketed 1976 – Standard high F# key added to Mark VII. 1977 - 30 May, Desmond dies 1977 - Rascher's last performance 1978 - Houlik makes Carnegie Hall debut 1978 - Lynn Klock makes Carnegie Hall debut 1978 - Merle Johnston (b. 1897 Watertown, NY) dies (revolutionized pedagogy in the US) 1979 - James Forger premieres John Anthony Lennon's Distances Within Me 1980 - Yamaha introduces 62 series 1980 - Laura Hunter makes Carnegie Hall debut 1981 - Selmer S80 introduced 1981 - Rascher retires 1982 - Claude Delangle becomes Professor at the CNRM at Boulogne-Billancourt 1982 - Saxophone Sinfonia appears in Alice Tully Hall (D. Bilger, dir.) 1982 - 7th WSC in Nuremburg, Germany 1983 - Amercian saxophonist Steven Jordheim wins Silver Medal (top prize) at the Geneva International Competition 1984 - Larry Teal dies 1984 - Berg joined the Miles Davis band 1985 - Paul Creston dies 1986 - Selmer S80 Series II introduced 1987 – The Super Action Series II, with front "x" key more like clarinet A key, and a bent high F# key. 1988 - Claude Delangle becomes Professor of Saxophone at the Paris Conservatory 1988 - John Sampen premieres Morton Subotnick's In Two Worlds in London 1989 – The Super Action Series IIa, with left hand little finger keys. 1991 - Stan Getz dies 1992 - Berg began his work with Chick Corea’s acoustic Quartet. 1993 - Timothy McAllister and Donell Synder share 1st Prize in the NASA Young Artist Competition, Fairfax, VA 1994 - Taimur Sullivan wins 1st Prize in the NASA Young Artist Competition, Morgantown, WV 1996 - Gerry Mulligan dies 1997 - 11th World Saxophone Congress in Italy 1997 - Chris Potter wins Jazz Par Prize 1997 - Joshua Redman wins Thelonious Monk Competition 1998 - William Albright dies 2000 - 12th World Saxophone Congress in Montreal, Ontario, CANADA 2001 - Sigurd Rascher dies 2001 - Marcel Mule celebrates 100th birthday 2001 - Marcel Mule dies (December) 2001 - Joe Henderson dies 2002 - Nick Brignola dies 2007 - Michael Brecker dies Record Label: unsigned Type of Label: None |
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