Not wild about the term "art music," even if it is used in scare quotes. But there are lots of great classical saxophonists now who are certainly up to the fiercest challenges of contemporary classical music. Brian Sacawa, for one:
http://www.briansacawa.com However, Chuck raises an important point -- all of the great classical saxophonists I know are *thoroughly* versed in the jazz saxophone tradition, and it *definitely* informs their approach to, say, Berio. The great saxophone virtuosi are all jazz musicians. Every serious classical saxophonist I know is aware of this. (Of course, the players I know tend to be younger.) To further amplify Chuck's point, for a classical saxophonist to be ignorant of Lester Young and John Coltrane would be like a jazz cellist who was ignorant of Pablo Casals and Jacqueline Du Pré. Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://secretsociety.typepad.com On 28 Jan 2010, at 7:01 PM, dhbailey wrote: > I think it's kind of a self-fulfilling concept -- "art" music composers don't > write for saxophone because they are aware of so few saxophone players who > are up to the demands of art music, _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
