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.

From the 1970s through the 1990s, the sound of Pete’s tenor could be heard on television and motion picture sound tracks and recordings. The son of a famous bassoon player, Don Christlieb, Pete began ...

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 ...

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.

The 14 VHS music students were: Angel Paz-bassoon, Donovan Compton-bassoon, Bethany Williams-trumpet, Ethan Johnston-French horn, Derek Hammond-tuba, Hannah Ross-soprano, Cosette Schroeder-soprano ...

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 ...