Bass saxophone
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The bass saxophone is the second largest member of the saxophone
family. Its design is similar to that of the baritone saxophone
, with a loop of tubing near the mouthpiece. It was the first type of saxophone presented to the public, when Adolphe Sax
exhibited a bass saxophone in C at an exhibition in Brussels in 1841. The modern bass saxophone is a transposing instrument
pitched in B, an octave below the tenor saxophone
.
Unlike the baritone, the bass saxophone is not commonly used. Bass parts are usually played by the tuba
in wind bands or by the double bass
or electric bass
in jazz
bands and popular-music ensembles. In the 1920s, the bass saxophone was used in jazz recordings, since it was easier to record than the tuba or double bass.
The instrument was first used in 1844, both by Hector Berlioz
in an arrangement of his Chant sacre, and by Georges Kastner in his opera Le Dernier Roi de Juda. Leonard Bernstein
’s original score for West Side Story includes bass saxophone, as does Meredith Willson
’s Music Man
and Sandy Wilson
’s The Boy Friend
. American composer Warren Benson
has championed the use of the instrument in his music for concert band
.
Although bass saxophones in C were made for orchestral use, modern instruments are in B. This puts them a perfect fourth
lower than the baritone, similar in register to the B contrabass clarinet
. Music is written in treble clef, just as for the other saxophones — notes sound two octave
s and a major second
lower than written. As with most other members of the saxophone family, the lowest written note is the B below the staff — sounding as a concert A in the first octave
(~ 51.9 Hz
).
The lowest existing member of the saxophone family is the rare contrabass
, pitched in E, a perfect fifth
lower than the bass. Inventor Adolphe Sax
had a patent for a subcontrabass saxophone
(or bourdon saxophone), but apparently never built a fully functioning instrument. In 1999, German wind instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim
introduced the subcontrabass tubax
, a modified saxophone pitched in B an octave below the bass saxophone.
, Adrian Rollini
, Min Leibrook
, Spencer Clark
, and Vern Brown of the Six Brown Brothers
.. The bass sax become more scarce in standard jazz band instrumentation during the mid to late 20s. Sheet music of the period shows many bands photographed with a bass sax in their collection of instruments. It was sometimes played by the tuba or string bass player rather a member of the sax section.
American bandleader Boyd Raeburn
(1913–1966), who led an avant-garde big band in the 1940s, was a bass saxophonist. In Britain, the leader of the Oscar Rabin Band
also played it. Harry Gold
, a member of Rabin's band, played bass saxophone in his own band, Pieces of Eight. In the 1960-1963 "Mellophonium Orchestra" (which featured fourteen brass players), American bandleader Stan Kenton
used a saxophone section consisting of one alto, two tenors, baritone, and bass on Johnny Richards' compositions. Joel Kaye played the baritone sax doubling on bass sax on that band . The ensemble recorded several successful albums, including two Grammy winners.. The Lawrence Welk
Band also featured Bill Page soloing on bass sax on several broadcasts during the 60s.
The 1970s traditional jazz band The Memphis Nighthawks
built their sound around a bass saxophone played by the diminutive Dave Feinman. Some revivalist bass saxophonists performing today in the 1920s-1930s style are Vince Giordano
and Bert Brandsma, leader of the Dixieland Crackerjacks. Jazz players using the instrument in a more contemporary style include Roscoe Mitchell
, Anthony Braxton
, Peter Brötzmann
, J. D. Parran
, Hamiet Bluiett
, James Carter
, Stefan Zeniuk
, Vinny Golia
, Joseph Jarman
, Jan Garbarek
, Urs Leimgruber, Tony Bevan, and Scott Robinson
, although none of these uses it as his primary instrument.
in his Sinfonia Domestica, where included in the music are parts for four saxophones including a bass saxophone in C.
Image:Adolphe Sax bass.jpg|E baritone saxophone keyed to low B-natural, made by Sax in 1858 (left). B bass saxophone made by Adolphe Sax
in 1876 (right).
Image:1920s Pan American Bass Saxophone.jpg|A size comparison shot of a man holding a bass saxophone.
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
family. Its design is similar to that of the baritone saxophone
Baritone saxophone
The baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the largest and lowest pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece...
, with a loop of tubing near the mouthpiece. It was the first type of saxophone presented to the public, when Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...
exhibited a bass saxophone in C at an exhibition in Brussels in 1841. The modern bass saxophone is a transposing instrument
Transposing instrument
A transposing instrument is a musical instrument for which written notes are read at a pitch different from the corresponding concert pitch, which a non-transposing instrument, such as a piano, would play. Playing a written C on a transposing instrument will produce a note other than concert C...
pitched in B, an octave below the tenor saxophone
Tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
.
Unlike the baritone, the bass saxophone is not commonly used. Bass parts are usually played by the tuba
Tuba
The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the...
in wind bands or by the double bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
or electric bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
in jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
bands and popular-music ensembles. In the 1920s, the bass saxophone was used in jazz recordings, since it was easier to record than the tuba or double bass.
The instrument was first used in 1844, both by Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts . Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a...
in an arrangement of his Chant sacre, and by Georges Kastner in his opera Le Dernier Roi de Juda. Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
’s original score for West Side Story includes bass saxophone, as does Meredith Willson
Meredith Willson
Robert Meredith Willson was an American composer, songwriter, conductor and playwright, best known for writing the book, music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical The Music Man...
’s Music Man
Music Man
Music Man can refer to:* The Music Man, a Broadway musical play by Meredith Willson** The Music Man , a feature film adaptation** The Music Man , a television film remake...
and Sandy Wilson
Sandy Wilson
Sandy Wilson is an English composer and lyricist, best known for his musical The Boy Friend .-Biography:Wilson was born Alexander Galbraith Wilson in Sale, Greater Manchester, and was educated at Harrow School and Oriel College, Oxford. During the war he served in the Royal Ordnance Corps in Great...
’s The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend is a musical by Sandy Wilson. The musical's original 1954 London production ran for 2,078 performances, making it briefly the third-longest running musical in West End or Broadway history until it was surpassed by Salad Days...
. American composer Warren Benson
Warren Benson
Warren Benson was an American composer. His compositions consist mostly of music for wind instruments and percussion...
has championed the use of the instrument in his music for concert band
Concert band
A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...
.
Although bass saxophones in C were made for orchestral use, modern instruments are in B. This puts them a perfect fourth
Perfect fourth
In classical music from Western culture, a fourth is a musical interval encompassing four staff positions , and the perfect fourth is a fourth spanning five semitones. For example, the ascending interval from C to the next F is a perfect fourth, as the note F lies five semitones above C, and there...
lower than the baritone, similar in register to the B contrabass clarinet
Contrabass clarinet
The contrabass clarinet is the largest member of the clarinet family that has ever been in regular production or significant use. Modern contrabass clarinets are pitched in BB, sounding two octaves lower than the common B soprano clarinet and one octave lower than the B bass clarinet...
. Music is written in treble clef, just as for the other saxophones — notes sound two octave
Octave
In music, an octave is the interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its frequency. The octave relationship is a natural phenomenon that has been referred to as the "basic miracle of music", the use of which is "common in most musical systems"...
s and a major second
Major second
In Western music theory, a major second is a musical interval spanning two semitones, and encompassing two adjacent staff positions . For example, the interval from C to D is a major second, as the note D lies two semitones above C, and the two notes are notated on adjacent staff postions...
lower than written. As with most other members of the saxophone family, the lowest written note is the B below the staff — sounding as a concert A in the first octave
First octave
In music theory, the first octave, also called the contra octave, ranges from C1, or about 32.7 Hz, to C2, about 61.7 Hz, in equal temperament using A440 tuning. This is the lowest complete octave of most pianos...
(~ 51.9 Hz
Hertz
The hertz is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon. One of its most common uses is the description of the sine wave, particularly those used in radio and audio applications....
).
The lowest existing member of the saxophone family is the rare contrabass
Contrabass saxophone
The contrabass saxophone is the lowest-pitched extant member of the saxophone family proper. It is extremely large and heavy , and is pitched in the key of E, one octave below the baritone.-History:The contrabass...
, pitched in E, a perfect fifth
Perfect fifth
In classical music from Western culture, a fifth is a musical interval encompassing five staff positions , and the perfect fifth is a fifth spanning seven semitones, or in meantone, four diatonic semitones and three chromatic semitones...
lower than the bass. Inventor Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...
had a patent for a subcontrabass saxophone
Subcontrabass saxophone
The subcontrabass saxophone is a type of saxophone that Adolphe Sax patented and planned to build but never constructed. Sax called this imagined instrument saxophone bourdon...
(or bourdon saxophone), but apparently never built a fully functioning instrument. In 1999, German wind instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim
Benedikt Eppelsheim
Benedikt Eppelsheim is a world-renowned German maker of high- and low-voiced saxophones, the soprillo and tubax , which are available exclusively from him...
introduced the subcontrabass tubax
Tubax
The tubax is a modified saxophone developed in 1999 by the German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim. It is available in both E contrabass and B or C subcontrabass sizes...
, a modified saxophone pitched in B an octave below the bass saxophone.
In jazz
The bass saxophone enjoyed some measure of popularity in jazz combos and dance bands between World War I and World War II, primarily providing bass lines, although players occasionally took melodic solos. Notable players of this era include Billy Fowler, Coleman HawkinsColeman Hawkins
Coleman Randolph Hawkins was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Hawkins was one of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument. As Joachim E. Berendt explained, "there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn"...
, Adrian Rollini
Adrian Rollini
Adrian Francis Rollini was a multi-instrumentalist best known for his jazz music. He played the bass saxophone, piano, xylophone, and many other instruments. Rollini is also known for introducing the goofus in jazz music...
, Min Leibrook
Min Leibrook
Wilford F. Leibrook was an American jazz tubist and bassist.Born in Hamilton, Ohio, Leibrook began as a cornetist before switching to tuba and bass. In the 1920s he played in the Ten Foot Band in Chicago...
, Spencer Clark
Spencer Clark (musician)
Spencer W. Clark was an American jazz bass saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. In addition to bass saxophone, Clark was also competent on mandolin, cornet, trumpet, clarinet, alto and tenor saxes, guitar, xylophone, and string bass, as well as an occasional vocalist.His first professional...
, and Vern Brown of the Six Brown Brothers
Six Brown Brothers
The Six Brown Brothers were a Canadian vaudeville era saxophone sextet consisting of six brothers. The brothers were, William, Tom , Alec, Percy, Fred and Vern Brown. The Brown Brothers lived in Lindsay, Ontario until 1893. The first instrumentation consisted of a saxophone quintet The Six Brown...
.. The bass sax become more scarce in standard jazz band instrumentation during the mid to late 20s. Sheet music of the period shows many bands photographed with a bass sax in their collection of instruments. It was sometimes played by the tuba or string bass player rather a member of the sax section.
American bandleader Boyd Raeburn
Boyd Raeburn
Albert Boyd Raeburn was an American jazz bandleader and bass saxophonist.Boyd Raeburn was born in Faith, South Dakota, and became one of the greatest and least-known of jazz bandleaders during the 1940s...
(1913–1966), who led an avant-garde big band in the 1940s, was a bass saxophonist. In Britain, the leader of the Oscar Rabin Band
Oscar Rabin Band
The Oscar Rabin Band was a British Jazz dance band that was one of the most successful bands of the 1950s. Band leader Oscar Rabin played bass saxophone, an unusual instrument then as now. His friend Harry Davis, tall, elegant and good-looking, acted as compère and conductor.-Formation:Oscar...
also played it. Harry Gold
Harry Gold (musician)
Harry Gold Harry Gold Harry Gold (born Harry Goldberg; (26 February 1907 – 13 November 2005) was a British dixieland jazz saxophonist and bandleader.The eldest of six children, born to a Romanian mother, Hetty Schulman, and a German father, Sam Goldberg. Gold's career spanned almost the whole...
, a member of Rabin's band, played bass saxophone in his own band, Pieces of Eight. In the 1960-1963 "Mellophonium Orchestra" (which featured fourteen brass players), American bandleader Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb "Stan" Kenton was a pianist, composer, and arranger who led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator....
used a saxophone section consisting of one alto, two tenors, baritone, and bass on Johnny Richards' compositions. Joel Kaye played the baritone sax doubling on bass sax on that band . The ensemble recorded several successful albums, including two Grammy winners.. The Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk was an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 to 1982...
Band also featured Bill Page soloing on bass sax on several broadcasts during the 60s.
The 1970s traditional jazz band The Memphis Nighthawks
Memphis Nighthawks
Memphis Nighthawks were a traditional jazz band based in Champaign, Illinois during the 1970s.-History:Founded and led by Ron Dewar, from the School of Music at the University of Illinois, the Nighthawks performed compositions from the early days of jazz....
built their sound around a bass saxophone played by the diminutive Dave Feinman. Some revivalist bass saxophonists performing today in the 1920s-1930s style are Vince Giordano
Vince Giordano
Vince Giordano is a musician, arranger, and leader of the New York-based Nighthawks Orchestra. Giordano specializes in the jazz styles of the 1920s and early 1930s. Giordano and the Nighthawks have contributed to a number of films and he is especially noted for orchestrations featured in the...
and Bert Brandsma, leader of the Dixieland Crackerjacks. Jazz players using the instrument in a more contemporary style include Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell is an African American composer, jazz instrumentalist and educator, mostly known for being "a technically superb—if idiosyncratic—saxophonist." He has been called "one of the key figures" in avant-garde jazz who has been "at the forefront of modern music" for the past...
, Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, pianist, and philosopher. Braxton has released well over 100 albums since the 1960s...
, Peter Brötzmann
Peter Brötzmann
Peter Brötzmann is a German artist and free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.Brötzmann is among the most important European free jazz musicians. His rough, lyrical timbre is easily recognized on his many recordings.-Early life:...
, J. D. Parran
J. D. Parran
J. D. Parran is an American multi-woodwind player, educator, and composer specializing in jazz and free improvised music. He plays the soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophone, as well as the E-flat clarinet, clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, flute, piccolo,...
, Hamiet Bluiett
Hamiet Bluiett
Hamiet Bluiett is an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. His primary instrument is the baritone saxophone, and he is considered one of the finest living players of this instrument...
, James Carter
James Carter (musician)
James Carter is an American jazz musician.Carter was born in Detroit, Michigan and learned to play there before moving to New York City. He has been prominent as a performer and recording artist on the jazz scene since the mid-1990s, playing saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet...
, Stefan Zeniuk
Stefan Zeniuk
Stefan Zeniuk is a New York City based musician and filmmaker.Often seen performing on the tenor saxophone, bass saxophone, c-soprano saxophone, english horn, clarinet, contra-alto clarinet & bass clarinet he is noted for his intense musical personality and dynamic stage presence...
, Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist specializing in woodwind instruments. He performs in the genres of contemporary music, jazz, free jazz, and free improvisation....
, Joseph Jarman
Joseph Jarman
Joseph Jarman , is a jazz musician, composer and Shinshu Buddhist priest. He is perhaps best known as one of the first members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Early life:Jarman grew up in Chicago, Illinois...
, Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
, Urs Leimgruber, Tony Bevan, and Scott Robinson
Scott Robinson (jazz musician)
Scott Robinson is an American jazz musician. Robinson is best known for his work with various styles of saxophone, but has also performed with the clarinet, flute, and sarrusophone, along with other, more obscure instruments....
, although none of these uses it as his primary instrument.
In rock
Bass saxophonists in rock include:- Angelo MooreAngelo MooreAngelo Christoper Moore is an American musician, best known for his work as the founding member, lead singer and saxophonist for the Los Angeles alternative rock band Fishbone. Moore also performs and records spoken word poetry under the stage name of Dr. Madd Vibe.-Biography:In 1993 he released a...
of the American band FishboneFishboneFishbone is a U.S. alternative rock band formed in 1979 in Los Angeles, California, which plays a fusion of ska, punk rock, funk, hard rock and soul. Critics have noted of the band: "Fishbone was one of the most distinctive and eclectic alternative rock bands of the late '80s... - Rodney SlaterRodney Slater (musician)Rodney Slater was a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, playing saxophones and other musical instruments ....
in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah BandBonzo Dog Doo-Dah BandThe Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band are a band created by a group of British art-school denizens of the 1960s...
(1960s) - Ralph CarneyRalph CarneyRalph Carney is an American musician. While his primary instruments are various saxophones and clarinets, Carney collects and plays many instruments, often unusual or obscure ones....
of the avant-garde rock band Tin HueyTin HueyTin Huey is an experimental rock and New Wave band from Akron, Ohio that formed in the mid/late 1970s.-Original lineups:The band was originally known as Rags and started out with three members: Mark Price, Michael Aylward, and Stuart Austin. Later, the band decided to rename themselves after...
(1970s) - John LinnellJohn LinnellJohn Sidney Linnell is an American musician, is known primarily as one half of Brooklyn, New York alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants...
of They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be Giants is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. During TMBG's early years Flansburgh and Linnell were frequently accompanied by a drum machine. In the early 1990s, TMBG became a full band. Currently, the members of TMBG are...
(formed 1982) - Dana Colley of MorphineMorphine (band)Morphine was an American alternative rock group formed by Mark Sandman and Dana Colley in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1989. They disbanded in 1999 after frontman Sandman died of a heart attack....
(formed 1989) - Kurt McGettrick in Frank ZappaFrank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
's band in the late 1980s - Alto ReedAlto ReedAlto Reed , is an American long-time saxophonist with Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. His most recognizable performances included the introduction to "Turn the Page", and the saxophone solo in "Old Time Rock and Roll"...
, of Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, often plays bass sax during live shows on songs without a prominent sax part. - Colin StetsonColin StetsonColin Stetson, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and currently based in Montreal, Quebec, is a bass saxophone player and touring member of Arcade Fire, Bell Orchestre and Bon Iver...
- touring member of Arcade Fire and Bell OrchestreBell OrchestreBell Orchestre is a six-piece instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.In late 2003, they recorded their first album, at the same time and in the same studio that Arcade Fire recorded Funeral. However, Arcade Fire's popularity was just beginning to break when they asked Bell Orchestre to...
. He has performed and recorded with dozens of other artists, including Tom WaitsTom WaitsThomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
, TV on the RadioTV on the RadioTV on the Radio is an American art rock band formed in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York, whose music spans numerous diverse genres, from post-punk to electro and free jazz to soul music....
, Bon IverBon IverBon Iver is a Grammy nominated folk band founded in 2007 by American indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. It includes Michael Noyce, Sean Carey, and Matthew McCaughan. Vernon released Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago independently in July 2007. The majority of that album was...
, and LCD SoundsystemLCD SoundsystemLCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...
.
In classical music
It was used by Richard StraussRichard Strauss
Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...
in his Sinfonia Domestica, where included in the music are parts for four saxophones including a bass saxophone in C.
Gallery
Image:Adolphe Sax bass.jpg|E baritone saxophone keyed to low B-natural, made by Sax in 1858 (left). B bass saxophone made by Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...
in 1876 (right).
Image:1920s Pan American Bass Saxophone.jpg|A size comparison shot of a man holding a bass saxophone.
External links
- BassSax.com web site
- Bass saxophone page at www.contrabass.com, the "Contrabass Mania" web site
- Innovative Bass Saxophone design from Eppelsheim
- Six Brown Brothers
- Vince Giordano plays bass saxophone on A Prairie Home CompanionA Prairie Home CompanionA Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show runs on Saturdays from 5 to 7 p.m. Central Time, and usually originates from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, although it is frequently taken on the road...
radio program, 9 April 2005 - MP3 excerpt of first movement of "Sonatina Giacosa" for bass saxophone and piano (1987) by Walter S. HartleyWalter HartleyWalter Sinclair Hartley is an American composer of contemporary music.-Biography and education:He was born in Washington, D.C., began composing at age five and became seriously dedicated to it at sixteen. All his college degrees are from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester....
, performed by Jay EastonJay EastonDr. Jay C. Easton is an American multi-instrumentalist who plays all sizes of saxophone as well as a variety of other woodwind instruments from around the world. He is known as a specialist in very large saxophones... - http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=s-8-HwK9aEk Watch Bert Brandsma in a bass saxophone feature: Sweet Georgia Brown, recorded April 28. 2007 (YouTube)