Category Archives: Sax Quartet

Professor Gadget Sax Quartet (PGSQ) 2017

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Gandalfe

This is one of my favorite gigs of the year, this year with Molly, Taylor, and Susan. There was a great turnout with over 100 in the audience, and the weather was perfect. (Update, the lock folk say calculated the … Continue reading →

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Sax Quartet 2017

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Gandalfe

I am starting to put together this year’s sax quartet repertoire for our gig at Ballard Locks. It’s a labor of love that I’ve been doing for at least ten years now. My wife Suzy, Molly and I have been … Continue reading →

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2015 ~ Year of the Sax

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Gandalfe

Don’t play the saxophone. Let it play you. ~ Charlie Parker I’m looking forward to a music filled year. I am playing in a concert band, running a big band, and nursing my favorite sax x-tet (where x = the … Continue reading →

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Professor Gadget Sax Quartet, take 2014

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Gandalfe

“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.” ~ … Continue reading →

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The Sax Garage Band Experience

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Gandalfe

I invited some of my friends to a sax quartet/quintet reading session. We ended up with six players counting my wife Suzy and me. I have so many charts I haven’t heard so there was plenty of music. Many of … Continue reading →

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From my Bucket List: Small Ensemble Musings

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Gandalfe

“As good as I am, I’m nothing without my band.” ~ Steven Tyler I was thinking about some of the things on my bucket list, most of them job, family and music related. I am not brave enough to share … Continue reading →

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PGSQ: A little Ragtime Music on the Weekend

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Gandalfe

The Professor Gadget Sax Quartet is a labor of luv for me. But we really don’t practice enough. Work, family, and other band commitments are constantly getting in the way. That said, this is our Labor Day performance at the … Continue reading →

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Saxophone Sheet Music Archive

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Gandalfe

Did you know that the Clarinet Institute maintains archives of Saxophone music? There are currently over 250 works in the collection. Solos, duets, trios, quartets, chamber music, studies and more. Over 3,700 pages of Saxophone sheet music from over 100 … Continue reading →

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Woody Herman, “Four Brothers”

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Gandalfe

The song features four saxes (three tenors and one baritone) in an arrangement that gives each “brother” a solo and culminates in a hard-swinging sax section chorus. The song so typifies the sound of Woody Herman’s second “Herd” that the band … Continue reading →

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Low Sax Quartet Wonder: Danses by John Steve

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Gandalfe

I so would like to do this with my quartet. I keep coming back to this today to listen. Anyone know where I can buy the sheet music? I’d luv to see my quartet swap from the normal SATB to … Continue reading →

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