The Ancia Saxophone Quartet, based out of Minneapolis-St. Paul, certainly knows better; it has been playing together since 1990, which practically places it as pioneers in what remains a growing field of ensembles in the United States versus the established field in Europe. Despite a long tenure, the group's Naxos disc Short Stories appears to be the first release for this group on an established label and only the second after its own, self-released effort, Variations. Naxos' Short Stories is interesting in that in a sense ...
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The Ancia Saxophone Quartet, based out of Minneapolis-St. Paul, certainly knows better; it has been playing together since 1990, which practically places it as pioneers in what remains a growing field of ensembles in the United States versus the established field in Europe. Despite a long tenure, the group's Naxos disc Short Stories appears to be the first release for this group on an established label and only the second after its own, self-released effort, Variations. Naxos' Short Stories is interesting in that in a sense all of its program of six contemporary -- and one "classic" -- works can be measured to the extent that they relate to jazz, from basically not at all (Ives) to transforming a standard jazz piece into something new (Jelly Roll Morton; Fred Sturm). This Naxos disc takes its name after the key Jennifer Higdon work on the program, also titled Short Stories though one might wish it had a different title, as there are so many albums out there that share it, including a very well-known...
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Carleton Macy; Charles Ives; David Bixler; Fred Sturm; Jelly Roll Morton; Jennifer Higdon; Michael Torke. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
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