Klarinet Archive - Posting 000563.txt from 1997/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Sax/ Clarinet
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 23:02:08 -0400

At 07:26 PM 10/13/97 -0400, Mark Charette wrote:
>My respect for classical sax playing went way up when I heard (I think)
>Branford Marsalis on soprano sax doing Debussy and other classical
>pieces (I didn't catch the title of the CDm and I _think_ the announcer
>said Branford Marsalis). They were beautifully & tastefully done.
>
The CD was probably "Branford Marsalis: Romances for Saxophone" CBS
Masterworks (now Sony?) MK 42122. It includes pieces by Debussy, Ravel,
Faure, Stravinsky, etc. Pretty stuff. Transcriptions, too.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.