Sax Appeal

Track Listings

1. Sax Appeal

2. Bring the Troops Back Home

3. Vision of Love

4. Springtime

5. Twin Magic

6. You're Still on My Mind

7. Back to Bassax

8. For the Love of You

9. Night Time Lady

10. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

11. My Favorite Love Song

12. Song for My Mother

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Sax Appeal

Tracks:

Sax Appeal
Bring The Troops Back Home
Vision Of Love
Springtime
Twin Magic
You're Still On My Mind
Back To Bassax
For The Love Of You
Night Time Lady
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
My Favorite Love Song
Song For My Mother

Average customer rating:

Worth every penny

Outside in
Sax Appeal , and Nelson Rangell
Manufacturer: Saxology (UK)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000005S8Y
Release Date: 1997-09-23

Tracks:

Outside In
The Meek - Dave O'Higgins
The Greens
Two Of A Kind - Derek Nash D
Waco Jaco
Gotta Getta Dep
Dimanche Matin
Sonic Samba
The Whisperer - Don Grolnick
Outside In

Customer Reviews:

Worth every penny.......2002-05-08

I bought this title here at Amazon.com, I just received and am listening to it for the first time as I write this. It's is so great I don't even need to wait to listen all tracks to make this review. Worth every penny, not only for saxophone players/lovers but also for all jazz and good music appreciators.

Average customer rating:

Why isn't the classical saxophone quartet more exposed?
A beautiful new piece by Maslanka

Mountain Roads

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000059T2B
Release Date: 2001-02-27

Customer Reviews:

Why isn't the classical saxophone quartet more exposed?.......2007-03-16

It blows me away how classical saxophone quartet music is listened to as little as it is. On this album, the Transcontinental Saxophone Quartet really puts forth a recording of some great pieces in the saxophone repertoire. Their ensemble musicianship is quite good and very well rehearsed. This album is simply a great recording for anyone looking to get some saxophone quartet into thier music library.

The first piece is Mountain Roads by big name wind composer David Maslanka. The piece is a series of movements of reworkings of Bach chorales. The piece is absolutely wonderful. The melodies float and soar and are full of American nostalgia. Maslanka's reworkings are absolutely gorgeous and the quartet just exhibits fantastic technical skill and musicianship in the ensemble. The lyrical melodies and rich harmonies are just absolutely magical. The compositional skill of Maslanka and the quartet's fabulous execution are both very evident from the beauty of the recording of this wonderful work that accounts for about half of the album.

The next piece on the album is David Frederick Stock's "Sax Appeal." While this piece is more grounded in pop music and American influence, the quartet still does a fabulous job to make this piece work. The second movement, "Blues" is a little cheesy but the third movement "Sarabande" has both some very beautiful and exciting moments in it. The last movement is absolutely jarring. The piece ends with a fury of notes and creative harmonies. While this piece is not as strong as the title cut, it still makes a fine addition on this great recording.

Finally, the disc closes with Russell Peck's "Drastic Measures." The piece opens with a slow, haunting melody that leads into a beautiful floating exposed wash of sound. The harmonic colors in this piece are absolutely gorgeous. The piece builds marvelously. However, feel like the first movement builds too quickly and would really like to hear more of the material that we got right at the beginning. It also trails of at the end a little bit too long but the haunting chord that we hear at the end is absolutely wonderful. The second and final movement of the piece is quite spritely and fun. We hear some slap tounging and great fast motion. However, there is some blues influence which seems all too cliche in a saxophone quartet. The excitement in the Allegro movement is just infectious though. Once again, the blend and the musicality in the ensemble is just fantastic.

I really love the sound of the orchestration in a saxophone quartet. I wish it more exposed in the classical music world. Unfortunately, it seems that there is too much cliche jazz influence in the repertoire. The title piece on this recording is the corner stone of the album. The other two pieces are fine, but nothing to write home about. The recording is worth the Maslanka piece, and if it wasn't on here, I wouldn't have bought it.

A beautiful new piece by Maslanka.......2001-05-15

This is a beautiful cd starting out with a new quartet by David Maslanka and is the six-movement Mountain Roads the cd is named after. The movements are based on Maslanka's study of Bach chorales, and he includes two chorale melodies around which the piece revolve. This piece was commissioned by the Transcontinental Saxophone Quartet, who also premiered it.

The second piece, Sax Appeal, was commissioned by the Amherst Saxophone quartet. It is a lively four movement piece inspired by the jazz idiom.

Russell Peck's Drastic Measures is based upon a three-note figure at the beginning of the piece. It later goes on to include elements such as slap-tonguing.

Tracks:

Mess-A-Stomp
Blue Clarinet Stomp-A
Blue Clarinet Stomp-B
Cloudy
Casey Jones Special
Somepin' Slow and Low - John Williams, John Williams
Lotta Sax Appeal - John Williams, John Williams
Corky Stomp
Froggy Bottom
I Lost My Girl from Memphis
Loose Ankles
Snag It
Sweet and Hot
Mary's Idea
Once or Twice
Night Life
Drag 'Em
Getting Off a Mess
Dallas Blues
Travelin' That Rocky Road
Honey, Just for You
You Rascal, You
Saturday
Sophomore

Average customer rating:

Cool Jazz for a romantic evening

Sax Appeal
Mike Geraci
Manufacturer: Rhombus Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music

General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000K2MU
Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

You Don't Know What Love Is
Moonlight in Vermont
Girl from Ipanema
Angel Eyes
Through the Eyes of Love
Body and Soul
Wave
You Go to My Head
Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)

Customer Reviews:

Cool Jazz for a romantic evening.......2002-08-25

If you would like to spend a romantic evening with somebody, put
on Sax Appeal and from the first song you will set the mood. This
CD puts you right in front of a fireplace with 2 glasses of wine.
Michael Geraci plays the standards in the style of Dexter Gordon,
with a big bold sound, you will love it!