A bassoon is a long, double-reed woodwind instrument said to mimic the range of a man’s baritone and tenor voice. The bassoon is featured in “Tears of a Clown” by Smokey Robinson and the ...

“The bassoon doesn’t play as many solos as, say, ... For instance, in Donizetti’s screwball comedy ‘The Elixir of Love,’ the tenor love aria is introduced by the harp and bassoon.

‘Una furtiva lagrima’ from L’Elisir D’Amore – Donizetti. This unusual aria by Donizetti begins with a bassoon solo, perhaps to characterise the ungainly Nemorino, a rustic farm boy who buys a love ...

Do you recall the last time you heard a tenor saxophone and bassoon jazz/classical album? Never, you say. So with the release of The Ox-Mo Incident you are about to enter uncharted territory, but with ...

Album Review Frank Morelli / Keith Oxman: The Ox-Mo Incident. by Jack Bowers July 14, 2021. East meets Midwest on The Ox-Mo Incident, wherein Denver-based tenor saxophonist Keith Oxman shares the ...

He also doubled on the bassoon, and was one of only a few jazz musicians to play the instrument. Jacquet was born in Broussard, La., on Oct. 31, 1922 and grew up in Houston in a musical family.

Other than the tenor saxophone, the bassoon is perhaps the only instrument of its register that receives much solo exposure. Renowned for its unique timbre and a range that stretches up into the ...

In 1946 he bought a tenor sax, which would remain the centrepiece of an arsenal of instruments that would ultimately peak at no fewer than 12, ranging across saxophones, clarinets, flutes, bassoon ...