Three Jazz Settings. Par RICKER RAMON. This suite was inspired most notably by the saxophone quartets of Phil Woods and was written in a conscious attempt to wed certain stylistic elements of classical and jazz music. The players are not asked to improvise, but the piece does featuresections that sound spontaneous and freely created. The piece is difficult, but no more so than other quartets, like Glazunov and Desenclos, that are standard repertoire for this instrumentation. Talented high school and all college groups will findsuccess working on this piece. The first movement, subtitled Danse Macabre, is ominous, dark, sometimes bluesy and is propelled along by the use of intricate counterpoint and an improvised sounding solo section for the tenor saxophone. Medium-advanced. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Recueil / 4 Saxophones

Ensemble de 11 minutes d'arrangements quatuor de saxophones de la musique de film Copland à 'Our Town' et la rubrique 'Simple Gifts' du célèbre du ballet 'Appalachian Spring'. 'Our Town' extrait arrangements basés sur suite pour piano de Copland de la musique du film. Arrangement 'Simple Gifts 'arrangement sur ??la base de Copland' Shaker Variations pour orchestre à vent. Arrangeur Paul Cohen sert sur ??les facultés de la Manhattan School of Music, l'Université Rutgers, Montclair State University, Brooklyn Conservatory, et Aaron Copland School of Music au Queens College. / 4 Saxophones