Word: saxophonists
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DIED. GERRY MULLIGAN, 69, the premier baritone saxophonist and a leading composer-arranger of the past four decades; of complications from a knee infection; in Darien, Connecticut. Though he oversaw the birth of "cool" jazz with Miles Davis in 1947, Mulligan defied classification, playing and writing with a distinctive pulse, wit and imagination. He conceived the "pianoless quartet," which paired his horn with Chet Baker's trumpet over bass and drums...
...saxophone sonata, saxophonist Ian Carroll displayed comfort with the piece's classical and jazz elements. It is rare to hear the sax in a classical setting, and Carroll showed that the instrument is capable of much more than one might expect...
DIED. JUNIOR WALKER, 53, saxophonist; of cancer; in Battle Creek, Michigan. As the front man for the Motown hitmakers, Junior Walker and the All Stars, Walker wielded a saxophone drenched in the blues. His high-wire riffs propelled such sixties standards as How Sweet It Is (to be Loved By You), Come See About Me, and These Eyes...
...hear is his combination of ludicrous technical skills with a style that is thoroughly grounded in a traditional jazz feel. On "Ornithology," a challenging Charlie Parker tune. McBride played faster, louder, cleaner and more lyrically than Redman. It is not normal for a bass-player to manhandle a saxophonist playing bebop, but McBride is the Bird of the Bass...
...Saxophonist Mark C. Simon '99 and trumpet player Dionne A. Fraser '99 received the 1995 Malcolm Holmes Band Scholarships at the Dartmouth Football Concert October...