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CONTACT Kathryn King 212 246-2215 CONTACT |
December 19, 1999 -- NEW YORK -- On Sunday, December 19th at 3pm, Merkin Concert Hall will present The American Saxophone Quartet in a program of chamber works inspired by Latin music and jazz. The concert features guest artist Paquito D'Rivera, called "one of the woodwind giants of our time" by Jazz Times Magazine. Mr. D’Rivera will join The American Saxophone Quartet on clarinet and alto saxophone. There will be two world premieres featured in the ASQ's Merkin Hall concert - Cubamericargie Quintet, by young Argentinian composer Gabriel Senanes, and Quasi an Arabesque, a piece for saxophone quartet and clarinet written by Paquito D'Rivera with his son, composer Franco D'Rivera. Other compositions on the prograam include Trois Pieces by Isaac Albeniz, the New York premiere of Three Jazz Settings by Ramon Ricker, Histoire du Tango by Astor Piazzolla, and Charlie Parker Suite, an arrangement of three tunes associated with the legendary jazz player by Quartet member Albert Regni. The American Saxophone Quartet was founded in 1982 and is considered the finest ensemble of its kind in this country. Its members - co-founder Albert Regni (soprano saxophone), David Demsey (alto), David Carroll (tenor) and Lino Gomez (baritone) - are first-chair players in a wide variety of classical, theater, and TV orchestras in New York, and most hold teaching positions as well. As individual soloists they have performed, toured and/or recorded with such diverse groups as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Their love of chamber music brings them together in this unique ensemble, which has transcribed, arranged and commissioned countless works for saxophone quartet over the last two decades. The group records for Sons of Sound Recorded Music, which provides the following very apt description of ASQ's new album, Spanning the River: "For the ASQ, Spanning the River means using the remarkably versatile saxophone to cross the waters of time, place, and musical genre; building bridges between Baroque and contemporary works, American and international composers, and both classical and jazz forms." |
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