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The solo repertoire from the Light Music Era serves as an important link between the Classical and Jazz soloist traditions. These characteristics are best highlighted through an analysis of three solo transcriptions: Felix Arndt's Nola as performed by Al Gallodoro, Rudy Wiedoeft's Valse Vanité, as performed by Freddy Gardener, and

The solo repertoire from the Light Music Era serves as an important link between the Classical and Jazz soloist traditions. These characteristics are best highlighted through an analysis of three solo transcriptions: Felix Arndt's Nola as performed by Al Gallodoro, Rudy Wiedoeft's Valse Vanité, as performed by Freddy Gardener, and Jimmy Dorsey's Oodles of Noodles, as performed by Al Gallodoro. The transcriptions, done by the author, are taken from primary source recordings, and the ensuing analysis serves to show the saxophone soloists of the Light Music Era as an amalgamation of classical and jazz saxophone. Many of the works performed during the Light Music Era are extant only in recorded form. Even so, these performances possess great historical significance within the context of the state of the saxophone as an important solo instrument in the wider musical landscape. The saxophone solos from the Light Music Era distinguish themselves through the use of formal development and embellishment of standard "song forms" (such as ABA, and AABA), and the use of improvisational techniques that are common to early Jazz; however, the analysis shows that the improvisational techniques were distinctly different than a Jazz solo improvisation in nature. Although it has many characteristics in common with both "Classical Music" (this is used as a generic term to refer to the music of the Western European common practice period that is not Pop music or Jazz) and Jazz, the original research shows that the saxophone solo music from the Light Music Era is a distinctly original genre due to the amalgamation of seemingly disparate elements.
ContributorsPuccio, Dan (Author) / Mcallister, Timothy P (Thesis advisor) / Feisst, Sabine (Committee member) / Kocour, Michael (Committee member) / Pilafian, J. Samuel (Committee member) / Spring, Robert (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2012
ContributorsRuth, Bryon (Director) / Green, Peter (Performer) / Stiles, Chris (Performer) / Fauset, Ramsey (Performer) / Glenn, Michael (Performer) / Schmidt, Peter (Performer) / O'Donohoe, Colin (Performer) / Student Jazz Combo C (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1999-02-24
ContributorsRuth, Bryon (Director) / Ravel, Bill (Performer) / Sanchez, Johnny (Performer) / Rizzo, Nick (Performer) / Johnson, Gabe (Performer) / Perkins, Dan (Performer) / Owens, Marcus (Performer) / Combo #2 (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1998-04-29
ContributorsMarcelli, Andrea (Performer) / Ruth, Bryon (Performer) / Kocour, Mike (Performer) / Hedquist, Ben (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2012-10-02
ContributorsPilafian, Sam (Performer) / Marohnic, Chuck (Performer) / Lovelady, Hugh (Performer) / Ruth, Bryon (Performer) / Jones, Warren (Performer) / Moio, Dom (Performer) / Young Sounds of Arizona (Performer) / Arizona Jazz Faculty Nonet (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1999-03-08
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In the early history of jazz, many of the songs that were popularized by jazz musicians became known as jazz standards, and these songs remain a central component of the jazz repertoire today. Many of these jazz standards were adapted from early Broadway musicals and revues. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

In the early history of jazz, many of the songs that were popularized by jazz musicians became known as jazz standards, and these songs remain a central component of the jazz repertoire today. Many of these jazz standards were adapted from early Broadway musicals and revues. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! is widely considered to be the most significant musical in the history of Broadway theater. Its innovative blending of song, dance, and a cohesive dramatic story has profoundly influenced the structure of Broadway musicals to this day. However, none of the songs from this show have risen to the status of a jazz standard, and many appear to have not been adapted to the jazz idiom at all. In my Barrett Honors creative project, I have reimagined and arranged nine songs from the original Rodgers and Hammerstein production. I then led a jazz quintet through two months of rehearsals, culminating in a performance of the work for my senior jazz performance recital. A link to the performance at the ASU School of Music Recital Hall is included here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeOs4muj12M

ContributorsKarnick, Ian (Author) / Ruth, Bryon (Thesis director) / Kocour, Michael (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Electrical Engineering Program (Contributor) / School of Music, Dance and Theatre (Contributor)
Created2024-05
ContributorsRuth, Bryon (Contributor) / Ozuna, Mike (Performer) / Koller, Jacom (Performer) / Jones, Andy (Performer) / Fogel, Corey (Performer) / ECM Combo (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2001-03-28
ContributorsSpring, Robert (Performer) / Kocour, Mike (Performer) / Sims, John (Performer) / Connolly, Brian (Performer) / Smith, J. B., 1957- (Performer) / Campbell, Andrew (Pianist) (Performer) / Mike Kocour Trio (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2007-03-23
ContributorsGoodrich, Andrew (Performer) / Ruth, Bryon (Performer) / Kilian, Dwight (Performer) / Moio, Dom (Performer) / Jazz Faculty Combo (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2002-02-13
ContributorsPilafian, Sam (Director) / Lovelady, Hugh (Director) / Ruth, Bryon (Performer) / Concert Jazz Band (Performer) / Young Sounds of Arizona (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1998-11-23