Mr. Degibri in particular, playing tenor and soprano in roughly equal measure, assumed the natural role of frontman, investing most of his solos with a searching composure.
'I became great friends with [club owner] Ronnie Scott and met a lot of talented players - Tubby Hayes in particular, who played both tenor sax and vibes.
First, the Canadian tenor's particular brand of powerful vocal gold shines especially well in this composer's music; second, he saved the day by stepping in for the originally scheduled tenor, Fabio Armiliato, as Pinkerton.
First, the Canadian tenor's particular brand of powerful vocal gold shines especially well in this composer's music; second, he saved the day by replacing the originally scheduled tenor, Fabio Armiliato, as Pinkerton.
For the singers the pared-down version of "Das Lied" must offer a reprieve of sorts: the tenor, in particular, no longer has to battle the assembled forces of a full symphony orchestra to make himself heard in the first movement's "Drinking Song".
In this year's portrait, Nixon's forty-third, the sisters are sixty-eight, sixty-six, fifty-eight, and sixty-four, yethehe tenor and the particular formal characteristics of the photographs have barely changed in four decades.
Free, but all tickets have been distributed; standby tickets will be available beginning at 7 p.m. (Chinen) Pamela Luss with Houston Person (Saturday) As on a recent album, "Sweet and Saxy" (Savant/HighNote), the vocalist Pamela Luss teams up with Houston Person, a soulful tenor saxophonist with particular experience backing singers.
One particular chord (soprano B, alto G, tenor C, bass A) he called "joy/sorrow", and thought of as his.
With each collaborative book, we're finding that particular dialogue is different and its unique tenor may be key to understanding each project.
Of the year's new recordings, Roscoe Mitchell's Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3 was especially rewarding for the leader's sensitive settings for strings, percussion, and winds (in particular, Evan Parker's brilliant solo on tenor saxophone).
