Stephen Cottrell: The History of the Saxophone in Words and Music

by Durand / Debussy / Gitana / Mule / Cottrell

Overview

The History of the Saxophone contains a 20,000 -word essay (with musical examples) on the saxophone by Stephen Cottrell of the Delta Saxophone Quartet that traces the evolution of the instrument from its invention by Adolphe Sax in the mid-1840s through to its prominent use in modern and contemporary jazz, classical and pop formats. Students of the instrument will find this set instructive and interesting. Casual listeners may be better-served by picking up A Love Supreme by John Coltrane. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	09/01/2002
Label:	CLASSICS LABELS
UPC:	5023581004026

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Le Carnival de Venise, for saxophone & orchestra  - Francois Combelle  - Stephen Cottrell
2. Variations sur Marlborogh, for saxophone & piano  - Stephen Cottrell  - Glyn Genin  - Malcolm McMillan  - Marcel Mule
3. Irish Maggie  - Stephen Cottrell  - Gertie Gitana
4. That Moaning Saxophone Rag, for saxophone ensemble  - Stephen Cottrell  -  Six Brown Brothers
5. Sax-O-Phun for saxophone & piano  - Stephen Cottrell  - Oscar Levant  - Malcolm McMillan  - Rudy Wiedoeft
6. Valse Vanit¿¿, for saxophone & piano  - Stephen Cottrell  - Freddy Gardner  - Oscar Levant  - Rudy Wiedoeft  - Peter Yorke  -  Yorke
7. China Boy  - Sidney Bechet  -  Bechet  - Phil Boutelje  - Stephen Cottrell  - Dick Winfree
8. Body and Soul  - Stephen Cottrell  - Coleman Hawkins
9. A Ghost of a Chance  - Stephen Cottrell  - Bing Crosby  - Ned Washington  - Lester Young  - Victor Young
10. Groovin' High  -  Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie Quintet  - Stephen Cottrell  - Dizzy Gillespie  -  Gillespie  - Charlie Parker
11. Minuet for piano in G major, WoO 10/2  - Stephen Cottrell  - Oscar Levant  - Rudy Wiedoeft
12. Chaconne in A minor, Op 62  - Stephen Cottrell  - Howard Jacobs  - Howard Jacobs  -  Savoy Havana Band
13. Rhapsody for alto saxophone & orchestra (or piano), L. 98  - Piero Coppola  - Stephen Cottrell  - Claude Debussy
14. Concertino da camera, for alto saxophone & 11 instruments~First Movement  - Stephen Cottrell  - Philippe Gaubert  - Jacques Ibert  - Malcolm McMillan  - Marcel Mule
15. Concertino da camera, for alto saxophone & 11 instruments~Second Movement  - Stephen Cottrell  - Philippe Gaubert  - Jacques Ibert  - Malcolm McMillan  - Marcel Mule
16. Concertino da camera, for alto saxophone & 11 instruments~Third Movement  - Stephen Cottrell  - Philippe Gaubert  - Jacques Ibert  - Malcolm McMillan  - Marcel Mule
17. Saxo Rhapsody for alto saxophone & orchestra  - Eric Coates  - Stephen Cottrell  - Sigurd Rascher
18. Sonata for saxophone & piano, Op. 96~Third Movement  - Stephen Cottrell  - Cecil Leeson  - Cecil Leeson  - Edvard Moritz  - Joseph Wagner

Disc 2

19. Narcissus, Op. 13/4  - Stephen Cottrell  - Malcolm McMillan  -  Wiedoeft Saxophone Sextet
20. Petit quatuor for saxophone quartet~Third Movement (Serenade Comique)  - Stephen Cottrell  -  Marcel Mule Saxophone Quartet  - Malcolm McMillan
21. Diversions for saxophone quartet~First Movement  - Stephen Cottrell  -  Myhra Saxophone Quartet  - Paul Patterson
22. String Quartet No.3 "Mishima"~First Movement  - Stephen Cottrell  -  Delta Saxophone Quartet  - Philip Glass
23. Etude for Saxophones  - Stephen Cottrell  - Stan Kenton  -  Kenton
24. L' Arl¿¿sienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music~Prelude (extract)  - Stephen Cottrell  -  Philharmonia Cassovia  - Alfred Walter
25. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel~The Old Castle  -  Boston Symphony Orchestra  - Stephen Cottrell  - Serge Koussevitzky  - Modest Mussorgsky
26. Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet~Scene 6  - Stephen Cottrell  -  English Northern Philharmonia  - David Lloyd-Jones  - Ralph Vaughan Williams
27. Quartet, for female chorus, flute, alto saxophone, harp & celeste (Quarteto simbólico), W. 181~Third Movement  - Stephen Cottrell  -  Horch
28. Symphonic Dances, for orchestra (or 2 pianos), Op. 45~First Movement (extract)  - Enrique Batiz  - Stephen Cottrell  - Sergey Rachmaninov  -  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
29. Jackdaw, for saxophone  - Stephen Cottrell
30. Hoe Down, for saxophone ensemble  - Stephen Cottrell  -  London Saxophonic

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Stephen Cottrell   Primary Artist,Saxophone
Sigurd Rascher   Primary Artist,Saxophone
Howard Jacobs   Primary Artist,Saxophone
Cecil Leeson   Primary Artist,Saxophone
English Northern Philharmonia   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Coleman Hawkins   Primary Artist,Saxophone
Marcel Mule   Primary Artist,Saxophone
Stan Kenton   Primary Artist
The Savoy Havana Band   Primary Artist,Ensemble
Charlie Parker   Primary Artist
Boston Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Freddy Gardner   Primary Artist,Saxophone
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet   Primary Artist
Sidney Bechet   Primary Artist
Kyle Horch Ensemble   Primary Artist,Ensemble
Rudy Wiedoeft   Primary Artist,Saxophone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Peter Yorke   Primary Artist,Conductor
Lester Young   Primary Artist,Saxophone
Delta Saxophone Quartet   Primary Artist,Ensemble
Joseph Wagner   Piano
Alfred Walter   Conductor
Enrique Batiz   Conductor
David Lloyd-Jones   Conductor
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra   Ensemble
Six Brown Brothers   Ensemble
Eric Coates   Conductor
Oscar Levant   Piano
Philippe Gaubert   Conductor
Sergey Koussevitzky   Conductor
Bechet-Spanier Big Four   Ensemble
London Saxophonic   Ensemble
Philharmonia Cassovia   Orchestra
Myhra Saxophone Quartet   Ensemble
Francois Combelle   Saxophone
Piero Coppola   Conductor
Wiedoeft Saxophone Sextet   Saxophone
Marcel Mule Saxophone Quartet   Ensemble
Peter Yorke & His Concert Orchestra   Orchestra
Charlie Parker-Dizzy Gillespie Quintet   Ensemble
Gertie Gitana   Saxophone

Technical Credits

Dick Winfree   Composer
Ned Washington   Composer
Phil Boutelje   Composer
Rudy Wiedoeft   Composer
Paul Patterson   Composer
Sergey Rachmaninov   Composer
Modest Mussorgsky   Composer
Eric Coates   Composer
Bing Crosby   Composer
Dizzy Gillespie   Composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams   Composer
Stan Kenton   Composer
Claude Debussy   Composer
Philip Glass   Composer
Victor Young   Composer
Glyn Genin   Composer
Stephen Cottrell   Liner Notes
Edvard Moritz   Composer
Malcolm McMillan   Transfers
Jacques Ibert   Composer