Blow! Saxophone Music from America

George Gershwin (Composer), Samuel Barber (Composer), John [1] Cage (Composer), Elliott Carter (Composer), Michael Torke (Composer), Perry Goldstein (Composer), David Dramm (Composer), Aurelia Saxophone Quartet (Performer), David Dramm (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Aurelia Saxophone Quartet, David Dramm
• Composer: George Gershwin, Samuel Barber, John [1] Cage, Elliott Carter, Michael Torke, et al.
• Audio CD (May 1, 2001)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Challenge
• ASIN: B00005A8DT
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #792,007 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rhapsody In Blue

2. Adagio For Strings Op.11

3. Four5

4. Canonic Suite For Quartet Of Alto Saxophones: Fanfare

5. Canonic Suite For Quartet Of Alto Saxophones: Nocturne

6. Canonic Suite For Quartet Of Alto Saxophones: Tarantella

7. July

8. Blow!

9. Come True

10. Master Bop Blaster

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy it for the classics, June 13, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Blow! Saxophone Music from America (Audio CD)

The playing on this album is extremely strong and consistent for a live recording. Very impressive control on the two standout tracks, van der Linden's clever arrangements of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and Barber's "Adagio for Strings." These two tracks alone are worth the price of the CD. Torke's "July" is a semi-minimalist piece for sax quartet that has been played a lot lately; I'm not a huge fan. The last track of the CD is pretty embarassing. I'm sorry that this brilliant quartet tainted their otherwise strong CD with Dramm's hollering about Thelonius Monk being "the original GANGsta." I guess it's all in good fun, though, and the track has resulted in some hearty laughs and inside jokes. Overall, this CD is a good representation of an outstanding quartet.