Charles Ruggiero has spent much of his career composing saxophone music that blends
classical and jazz idioms. His most recent work for Tenor Saxophone and Piano, Tenor Attitudes,
reflects his most overtly jazz influenced piece to date. This piece is meant to recreate the styles
of seven of history's most celebrated jazz tenor saxophonists: Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Michael
Brecker, John Coltrane, Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon, and Sonny Rollins.
This document discusses the lives and careers of each of these musicians. It analyzes their
personal histories, preferred genres, and styles in an attempt to aid performers in accurately and
sincerely performing this piece of music. It also suggests various recordings of the seven
performers that would be the most beneficial for study in the preparation of this piece. Most
importantly, it discusses the idiomatic qualities in these musician's style, and how to incorporate
them into a performance of Tenor Attitudes.
In addition, an interview with composer Charles Ruggiero is included which offers
additional insight into his thoughts on this piece of music, as well as on the saxophone in
general.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LSU/oai:etd.lsu.edu:etd-04102016-232827 |
| Date | 10 May 2016 |
| Creators | DiSalvio, Nicholas Vincent |
| Contributors | Delony, Willis, Dettinger, Michael, Campbell, Griffin, Hale, Darrel |
| Publisher | LSU |
| Source Sets | Louisiana State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04102016-232827/ |
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