I met Sigurd Rascher in 1976 at UGA while attending a Rascher Saxophone Workshop hosted by my teacher Kenneth Norwood "Buddy" Deans. I will never forget when during a break, Mr. Rascher picked up his Gold plated Alto and played a 4 octave chromatic scale up and down. My jaw hit the floor! It was flawless!
My introduction to Sigurd. My Dad played the Alto sax, clarinet and flute and I played the Eb Alto sax also -- Galladoro came to our Hi School in 1960 (guest for our Assembly) and I always enjoy Rudy Wiedoeft's recordings --- they are all fabulous. (We had a Buescher Dad got for $50 in a Long Beach pawn shop about 1958)
I heard and met Sig at my high School concert. I was a student of the alto then. Total technician.. Many years later met Micheal Breeker at Birdland, the Next technician... Approximately 50 years difference
Esta manera de interpretar el saxofón es propia de los genios de este instrumento. A Rascher, la sociedad saxofonística, le debe el haber mostrado que este instrumento remplazaría a las nobles "cuerdas". Llegando a ser un instrumento altamente versátil ocupar un lugar prominente en Jazz. Gracias a quien subió esta maravilla.
Absolutely love this piece. But more importantly I love sigurds playing and altissimo. A man must wonder how many hours sigurd must've worked to sound as good on his double altissimo g as his low Bb.
Two sides of the man we never see again: he's doing a light classical '20s virtuoso piece - actually written by a saxophonist - and he's playing in Paris! His conception is fully formed even at this early date, right up to the pristine G4 in the opening cadenza.
Oh Dr Willdy zumwalt! You took the teaching position at fredonia after Dr Wyman retired... I've never met you but I've heard about you! I studied with Wyman for several years if you don't yet.. I have not heard these recordings before! Where did you find them?
