29th Street Saxophone Quartet
Twenty-Ninth Street Saxophone Quartet | |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | Creative jazz |
founding | 1982 |
Current occupation | |
Alto saxophone |
Ed Jackson |
Alto saxophone |
Bobby Watson |
Tenor saxophone |
Rich Rothenberg |
Baritone saxophone |
Jim Hartog |
The Twenty-Ninth Street Saxophone Quartet or 29th Street Saxophone Quartet was an American jazz quartet that was nationally active from 1982 to the 1990s.
The Twenty-Ninth Street Saxophone Quartet was formed in the early 1980s when the baritone saxophonist Jim Hartog and the alto Ed Jackson met at the New England Conservatory in Boston ; the name refers to the street Hartog's apartment was on, where the first rehearsals took place. In 1982 the tenor saxophonist Rich Rothenberg joined them and finally, shortly before the first European tour, the alto saxophonist Bobby Watson , who is now considered musically the real head of the ensemble. In 1991, the album Underground was created with an expanded line-up with trumpeter Hugh Masekela , pianist Benny Green , bassist Curtis Lundy and drummer Victor Lewis .
The music of the wind ensemble was fed by the different experiences of the musicians; Bobby Watson comes from hard bop ; he is the former musical director of Jazz Messengers , Jackson of the blues and funk, Hartog is influenced by Afro-Cuban music and Rothenberg is influenced by Latin music. Scott Yanow in the All Music Guide sees the music of the Twenty-Ninth Street Saxophone Quartet as the hardbop's answer to the music of the World Saxophone Quartet .
Discographic notes
- Watch Your Step (New Note, 1986)
- The Real Deal (New Note, 1987)
- Live (Red, 1988)
- Underground (Antilles, 1991) with Hugh Masekela , Benny Green, Curtis Lundy, Victor Lewis
- Your Move (Red, 1992)
- Milano New York Bridge (Red, 1992/93)
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- Article by Chris Parker. In: Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz. 1800 bands and artists from the beginning until today. 2nd, expanded and updated edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-476-01892-X .
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .