The World Saxophone Quartet was an American jazz ensemble founded in 1977, incorporating elements of free jazz, R&B, funk and South African jazz into...
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A saxophone quartet is a musical ensemble composed of four saxophones, typically soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones. Different saxophone family...
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World Saxophone Quartet use the soprano-alto-tenor-baritone (SATB) format of the classical saxophone quartet for jazz. In the 1990s, World Saxophone Quartet...
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Steppenwolf is an album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet released by the Justin Time label. The album features a live performance by Hamiet...
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Steppin' with the World Saxophone Quartet is an album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet, released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1979...
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Rova Saxophone Quartet is an American, San Francisco–based saxophone quartet, formed in October 1977. The name "Rova" is an acronym formed from the last...
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The Raschèr Saxophone Quartet is a professional ensemble of four saxophonists which performs classical and modern music. The quartet was founded in the...
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Experience is an album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet released by the Canadian Justin Time label. The album features performances by Hamiet...
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Metamorphosis is an album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet released in 1990 on the Elektra/Nonesuch label and features performances by Hamiet...
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James Carter (musician) (redirect from James Carter Quartet)
World Saxophone Quartet, Cyrus Chestnut, Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater and the Mingus Big Band. Carter is an authority on vintage saxophones,...
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Yes We Can (album) (redirect from Yes We Can (World Saxophone Quartet album))
jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet. It features Hamiet Bluiett on baritone saxophone, James Carter on soprano and tenor saxophones, Kidd Jordan on...
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Chief Bey (category United States Navy personnel of World War II)
Woldin, Raisin (Columbia, 1973) World Saxophone Quartet, Metamorphosis (Elektra Nonesuch, 1991) World Saxophone Quartet, Selim Sivad. Tribute to Miles...
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an album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet, released in 1986. The album marked a departure for the quartet, as their first six albums had...
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Ghana, Turkey, Yugoslavia, India Bruce Williams, member of the World Saxophone Quartet Williams and Ree, comedy duo composed of Bruce Williams and Terry...
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David Murray (saxophonist) (category World Saxophone Quartet members)
Octet Plays Trane, in 1999. Murray was a founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet with Oliver Lake, Julius Hemphill and Hamiet Bluiett. He has recorded...
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+ Ralph Towner & Charlie Haden: Move To The Groove (West Wind) World Saxophone Quartet: Requiem for Julius (Justin Time) Terence Blanchard: Wandering...
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"Ra-Ta-Ta" (World Saxophone Quartet song), a song by the World Saxophone Quartet from the 1979 album Steppin' with the World Saxophone Quartet "Ra-Ta Ta-Ta"...
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Rhythm and Blues is an album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet released on the Elektra label. The album features performances by Hamiet Bluiett...
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Hamiet Bluiett (category World Saxophone Quartet members)
was the baritone saxophone, and he was considered one of the finest players of this instrument. A member of the World Saxophone Quartet, he also played...
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rhythm-and-blues roots and should delight anyone who has enjoyed the World Saxophone Quartet in concert." A writer for Billboard remarked: "Lake and Hemphill...
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Steve Potts (jazz musician) (category World Saxophone Quartet members)
Steve Potts (born January 21, 1943, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American jazz saxophonist. Playing mainly alto sax and occasionally soprano, Potts is best...
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Pass the Bucket (About Time, 1983) World Saxophone Quartet, Experience (Justin Time, 2004) World Saxophone Quartet, Political Blues (Justin Time, 2006)...
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a 1970 album by Lee Dorsey Yes We Can (album), a 2010 album by World Saxophone Quartet "Yes We Can" (Lee Dorsey song), 1970 song written by Allen Toussaint...
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Stones album) Metamorphosis (Wade Marcus album) Metamorphosis (World Saxophone Quartet album) Metamorphosis (Yeng Constantino album) Metamorphosis (Yolanda...
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The Gerald Danovitch Saxophone Quartet (GDSQ) was a Canadian music ensemble formed in 1968. It was founded in Montreal by McGill University professor...
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Breath of Life is an album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet. It was recorded in 1992 and released on the Elektra/Nonesuch label in 1994 and...
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Steppenwolf, 1970 Steppenwolf (Peter Maffay album), 1979 Steppenwolf (World Saxophone Quartet album), 2002 Steppenwolf (novel), by Hermann Hesse, 1927 Steppenwolf...
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Point of No Return is the debut album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet released on the Moers Music label in 1977. The album features a live...
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album) or the title song (see below), 2005 Point of No Return (World Saxophone Quartet album) or the title song, 1977 Point of No Return, an unreleased...
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Oliver Lake (category World Saxophone Quartet members)
the Black Artists Group in St. Louis. In 1977, he founded the World Saxophone Quartet with David Murray, Julius Hemphill, and Hamiet Bluiett. Lake worked...
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