Contrabass Digest

2001-07-13

From: "Jean Adler"
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:28:05 -0500
Subject: [CB] museum

Like Grant I just returned from a trip to a wonderful Music Museum.  Mine
however was to Vermilion, South Dakota, not Vienna.
If you can go there go, go, go.  I was absolutely amazed.  Double-belled
euphoniums and big bassoons.  Wait, isn't that from "The Music Man."
All manner of clarinets, basset horns, serpents, sarrousaphones, BIG
saxophones.  It was fabulous.
I grew up in South Dakota and had never been to the Museum.  It is worth the
trip, however, there isn't much to do in Vermilion.  So, if you are on your
way to the Black Hills check it out.  Also, fun to see is the Porter
Sculpture "Garden" along Interstate 90, Montrose, SD exit.

By the way, the grad assistant who helped me haul the music out of my car
was tickled pink to be receiving the vintage band music.  I promise it has a
good home.

Follow the links on www.usd.edu for the Shrine to Music Museum.

Later,
Jean

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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:32:20 -0700
From: Grant Green
Subject: Re: [CB] Jazz sarrusophone
 

>Roscoe Mitchell with Tom Buckner and Gerald Oshita: New Music for
>Woodwinds and
>Voice, (1750 Arch Records S1785, 1981)
>Roscoe Mitchell and Space: An Interesting Breakfast Conversation, (1750 Arch
>Records S1806, 1984)

I found "New Music" in vinyl on eBay a little while ago, but haven't taken the time to hook up my turntable yet...  "Breakfast Conversation" I haven't heard of.

RM has a few other works out on CD of particular interest: "Four Compositions" includes the work "Prelude" for voice, bass sax, contrabass sarrusophone, and triple contrabass viol (available on Lovely Music Ltd.); and "Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound and Space Ensembles" (1984 Black Saint), which includes "You Wastin' My Time" (which uses bass sax and contrabass sarrusophone, in a funk setting) and "Variations on Sketches from Bamboo" (which uses Conn-O-Sax, inter alia).

>these are very improvisational recordings with various saxophones, voice and
>Sarrusophone and Conn-o-phone! (or is it Conn-O-Sax? anyway - a very odd
>straight saxish horn with a spherical bell)

That would be the Conn-O-Sax, an F mezzosoprano sax with a "heckelphone" bell, range extended down to low A, and keywork to high G.  Out of production for many years...

Grant

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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 16:03:08 -0700
From: David Richoux
Subject: Re: [CB] Jazz sarrusophone
 
 

Grant Green wrote:
> >Roscoe Mitchell with Tom Buckner and Gerald Oshita: New Music for
> >Woodwinds and
> >Voice, (1750 Arch Records S1785, 1981)
> >Roscoe Mitchell and Space: An Interesting Breakfast Conversation, (1750 Arch
> >Records S1806, 1984)
>
> I found "New Music" in vinyl on eBay a little while ago, but haven't
> taken the time to hook up my turntable yet...  "Breakfast
> Conversation" I haven't heard of.

BTW, this is not just random pooting and squonking by people who just  happened
to find some interesting bass instruments - there is a lot of exciting
composition and improv jazz with skillful use of the capabilities of the various
horns, vocal tricks, etc. - well worth seeking out!

Dave Richoux

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