{"id":2980,"date":"2012-02-13T05:23:50","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T10:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilktone.com\/?p=2980"},"modified":"2023-03-29T11:51:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:51:15","slug":"the-hollywood-saxophone-quartet-and-hello-young-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/?p=2980","title":{"rendered":"The Hollywood Saxophone Quartet and Hello, Young Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve just finished another saxophone quartet arrangement for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lenoirsax.org\/\">Lenoir Saxophone Ensemble<\/a>, one of a series I&#8217;ve been writing for them. &nbsp;This arrangement is a tune from The King and I, <em>Hello Young Lovers<\/em>. &nbsp;If you&#8217;re curious to hear how it came out you can use your imagination and listen to this MIDI realization I put together of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hello-Young-Lovers.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this arrangement the members of the Lenoir Saxophone Ensemble requested the dedication be &#8220;For Morrie Crawford &amp; the Hollywood Saxophone Quartet.&#8221; &nbsp;The Hollywood Saxophone Quartet was one of the inspirations for this project I&#8217;m collaborating with the Lenoir Saxophone Ensemble on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have to admit that prior to beginning work on these arrangements I was not familiar with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodsaxophonequartet.com\/\">Hollywood Saxophone Quartet<\/a>. &nbsp;The HSQ was active around Los Angeles from about 1950 to 1970 and made up of four studio woodwind musicians, including Morrie Crawford, who played tenor sax with the group. &nbsp;One of the composers\/arrangers who wrote exclusively for the HSQ, Warren Barker, retired to nearby Greenville, SC before passing away in 2006. &nbsp;The Lenoir Saxophone Ensemble has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lenoirsax.org\/cds.html\">recorded<\/a> some of the HSQ&#8217;s music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to hear one of my arrangements for the Lenoir Saxophone Ensemble actually performed by live saxophonists, go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lenoirsax.org\/\">here<\/a> and look in their media player for the recently added musical selections. &nbsp;My arrangement of <em>Body and Soul<\/em> is up there now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve just finished another saxophone quartet arrangement for the Lenoir Saxophone Ensemble, one of a series I&#8217;ve been writing for them. &nbsp;This arrangement is a tune from The King and I, Hello Young Lovers. &nbsp;If you&#8217;re curious to hear how it came out you can use your imagination and listen to this MIDI realization I &hellip; 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