A Show with Sax Appeal ; the Pso has Enlisted the Gentlemen of the Capitol Quartet to Spread Their Message of Love of All Things Musical - Especially Jazz.
Portland Press Herald › November 11, 2004
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When you think of jazz, what comes to mind? Certainly the big stars: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis. The varied styles: Swing, bebop, Dixieland. The songs: "Sweet Georgia Brown," "In the Mood," "Take the `A' Train."
Do you equate traditional songs like "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" with jazz? How about Beethoven's "Fur Elise?" Or Rimsky- Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee?"See the full content of this document
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A Show with Sax Appeal ; the Pso has Enlisted the Gentlemen of the Capitol Quartet to Spread Their Message of Love of All Things Musical - Especially Jazz.
The five rotating members of the Capitol Quartet somehow irresistibly mesh the world of the old classics with the relatively new world of jazz, and they do it on the saxophone.
The quartet performs with the Portland Symphony Orchestra at Merrill Auditorium in Portla...See the full content of this document
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