Contrabass Saxophone

• Anthony Braxton & Richard Muhal Abrams: Duets (LP, probably reissued on CD)) 1 track for contrabass saxophone & piano
• Anthony Braxton & George Lewis: Donaueschingen. (73° kelvin has an extended duo for contrabass saxophone and trombone). Hat Art (CD)
• Music for Saxophone played by Daniel Kientzy: Includes Francois Rosse: Sonate en arcs for unaccompanied contrabass saxophone played alternatingly with soprano and alto saxophone played simultaneously. (LP)
• Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra: "Thar They Blow", 1991, Whaleco Music (WM-102-CD) All saxophone, classical to jazz.
• Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra: "Gone Fission" 1992, Whaleco Music (WM-103-CD). Includes "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" with prominent contrabass sax.
• Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra: "Isotopia" (1997 Whaleco, WM-104-CD).  Another wonderful CD by the NW, nearly all the pieces for which were written by bass saxophonist Art Springs.
• Paul Cohen "Vintage Saxophones Revisited" (1997) features performances on a variety of historic and rare saxophones, including Cowell's "Hymn andFuguing Tune #18", a duet for soprano and contrabass saxophones.  These two short (<30 sec) mp3 clips are included here with his permission (clip 1, clip 2).  Excellent CD!
• The Rascher Saxophone Ensemble, (Coronet CD-COR 401-0, Coronet Recording Co., 4971 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43214). This CD is a reissue of recordings made in 1974 and 1975, and includes the contrabass sax in "Sextour" by Georges Kastner and in several "full choir" pieces. The cover has a nice picture of S. Rascher seated in a field with sopranino through contrabass saxophnoes arrayed around him.
• Scott Robinson, Thinking Big (1997, Arbors Records, ARCD 19179).  Nice jazz, backed by piano, guitar, drums, trombone, and trumpet.  Scott Robinson plays most of the saxophone family on this, including a lot of bass and contrabass sax (also soprano, alto, C melody, tenor, bari; theremin; Eb contrabass sarrusophone; clarinet, and bass clarinet).  He uses contrabass sax on "Ko-Ko" (Duke Ellington) and "Basso Profundo" (Duke Ellington), and bass sax on "Sleepy Time Gal", "Oh! Sister, Ain't That Hot!", "It's Magic", and "Stompin' at the Savoy".  In addition to the great old jazz, the CD insert includes a number of pictures of SR with the contrabass sax, one of which also shows the bass sax, and another which shows bass, contrabass, and contrabass sarrusophone together.  Recommended!
• Thomas K.J. Mejer, "Compositions for Contrabass-Saxophone" (1996 earup, CD 1003).  This is a disc of contemporary works for or including the contrabass saxophone, including "The Awakening of Atman" (Mani Planzer) for CB-sax, 2Fl, oboe, cl, 2trp, tbn, tuba, cello & bass; "Quelle" (Michael Finnissy) for 2 sopranino saxes (SnS) and 2 contrabass saxes (CBS); "Hjàlmundalsà" (James Clapperton) for CBS and tape; "Lieber ein Saxophon" (Urban Mäder) for CBS and tape; "Tartarelischer Tanz I" (Mejer) for CBS solo; "diarrhö kani" (sha.) for CD; "Schwarzer Schatten" (Leo Bachmann) CBS solo; "Midnight Siblings" (Ulrich Krieger) for CBS and tape; "Resonances of Ancient Sins" (Frank Denyer) for Fl (picc, subcontra fl), CBS, tuba & perc.; "Fall" (Andrew Toovey) for SnS & CBS; and "Concerto Grosso" (Franco Tosi) for CBS, vc, cb, 2Fl, ob, cl, 2trp, tbn, tuba.  Altogether, an excellent CD, showing a variety of possibilities for the contrabass sax in contemporary music.
• KONTRA-Trio, "Diligent Places" (1999, KONTRA-Trio all rights reserved by the musician/SUISA stv/asm 005 / earup 1005).  The KONTRA-Trio comprises Madeline Bischof (contrabass flute), Thomaks K.J. Mejer (contrabass saxophone), and Leo Bachmann" (contrabass tuba).  The tracks are: "Diligent Places" by TKJM, "Multiplex" (which also includes a tape part) by LB, and "Tartarelischer Tanz II" by TKJM.  Very interesting listening!  You can order this CD directly from Leo Bachmann (US$20, including shipping).
• Kientzy, "Pur-Sax" (1996 nova-musica, NMCD5103).  This is a very modern/experimental CD, including saxophones from sopranino to contrabass.  The CD is 100% saxophone, with lots of overdubbing.  Tracks include Musique spectrale (Calin Ioachimescu) [SAB + 4Sn/1S/1A/1T/2B/2Bs/2CB]; Vagues, ondes, contours (Horia Surianu) [A + 5A]; Rimes pour la révelation du temps (Tiberiu Olah) [A + 8A]; La colline bleue (Costin Miereanu) [8T]; Mi-ha-sefer (Aldo Brizzi) [46Sn/36S/37T/34Bs]; and Tempi dell mente (Giuseppe Giuliano) [S + 5S/5A/5Sn].

• "Elegy and Wild Ride" by the San Jose Wind Symphony, with the Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra (1999, SJWS).  This CD is a live recording from the SJWS/NWSO joint concert, November 1999 at the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts.  The works include the title track, composed by Craig Bohmler on commission from the SJWS specifically for the SJWS and the Nuclear Whales (which includes bass sax), and Art Springs' "Sangoma" (which includes contrabass sax, and is here arranged to include the SJWS), along with other selections.
• Adam Gilberti's "Genesis Concert" CD includes contrabass saxophone (by Jay Easton), on "Reflections of Honor", and "Seismic Disturbances" (in which there are obvious solos). Other instruments featured on the CD (actually a 2 CD set) include contrabass flute, contrabass and contra-alto clarinet, contrabassoon, serpent, contrabass sarrusophone, and Bb subcontrabass tubax (also by Jay Easton). See http://www.genesisconcert.com to order the CD.

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