29th Street Saxophone Quartet

The Twenty- Ninth Street Saxophone Quartet and 29th Street Saxophone Quartet was an American jazz quartet, which was nationally active from 1982 to the 1990s.

The Twenty- Ninth Street Saxophone Quartet emerged in the early 1980s by the encounter of the baritone saxophonist Jim Hartog with the altos Ed Jackson at the New England Conservatory in Boston; the name refers to the street where the apartment was located Hartogs, where the first specimens were held. 1982 was joined by and, finally, the tenor saxophonist Rich Rothenberg, shortly before the first European tour, alto saxophonist Bobby Watson, who is now regarded as the real head of the musical ensembles. In 1991, the album Underground with trumpeter Hugh Masekela, pianist Benny Green, bassist Curtis Lundy and drummer Victor Lewis in expanded formation.

The music of the wind ensembles fed on the different experiences of the musicians; Bobby Watson comes from hard bop; He is a former musical director of the Jazz Messengers, Jackson blues and funk, Hartog is influenced by Afro- Cuban music and Rothernerg of Latin music. Scott Yanow at All Music Guide considers the music of the Twenty- Ninth Street Saxophone Quartet as a response of the hard bop to the music of the World Saxophone Quartet.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Watch Your Step ( New Note, 1986)
  • The Real Deal ( New Note, 1987)
  • Live ( Red, 1988)
  • Underground ( Antilles, 1991) with Hugh Masekela, Benny Green, Curtis Lundy, Victor Lewis
  • Your Move ( Red, 1992)
  • Milano New York Bridge ( Red, 1992/93 )

Swell

  • Article by Chris Parker. In: Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather & Brian Priestley: Rough Guide Jazz, Stuttgart, Metzler 2004 ( 2nd edition), ISBN 978-3-476-01892-2
  • Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz, Second Edition, London, Penguin, 1996
Benny Green (Pianist) Richard Cook (journalist)
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