Solo saxophone

The genre of solo saxophone has a rich, but largely unmapped history in contemporary music, particularly jazz.[1] Many, but not all, musicians who play and record solo saxophone use extended techniques, a vocabulary of the saxophone beyond its normal range. Notable musicians in this field include Kaoru Abe, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brotzmann, John Butcher, Don Dietrich, Eric Dolphy, Paul Flaherty, Mats Gustafsson, Coleman Hawkins, Lee Konitz, Steve Lacy, Roscoe Mitchell, Evan Parker, Sonny Rollins, Sam Newsome, Ned Rothenberg, Masayoshi Urabe, Ken Vandermark, Colin Stetson, Jonah Parzen-Johnson and Andre Vida, Gianni Gebbia.

Selected discography

References

  1. Bill Shoemaker, Solo Saxophone Flights, Jazz Times, June 2000, http://jazztimes.com/articles/20462-solo-saxophone-flights
  2. John Eeyles, John Butcher: 13 Friendly Numbers Review, BBC, March 2005 http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/wqjw

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