29th Street Saxophone Quartet

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Twenty-Ninth Street Saxophone Quartet
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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