This album represents a new level of collaboration between classical and jazz saxophone worlds, aiming for a complete merging of styles and approaches.
Performer Biography
The Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, featured on this album, is described as "the queen of the classical woodwind world."
Composition History
The piece "Buddy's Soul - for Ken" was composed in memory of Kenneth Coon, the baritone saxophonist of the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, who passed away shortly before the album's release.
Performer Biography
Steffen Schorn and Roger Hanschel, two internationally leading saxophonists of improvised music, are long-time members of the Cologne Saxophone Mafia.
Compositional Technique
The special colorful effect in Steffen Schorn's "Three Pictures" comes from a harmonic system based on an asymmetrical nine-tone mode, allowing for diverse harmonic and melodic possibilities.
Performer Biography
Kenneth Coon, the baritone saxophonist for the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet for 26 years, passed away in May 2019 at the age of 52.
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