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The Yellow Saxophone and Other Colors
[PCMP-116] $20, duration 13:00
For alto saxophone, soprano (voice) and piano, this is the Kentucky Music Teachers Association (KMTA) 2001 Commissioned Work. Based on the poetry of Dr. Michael Campbell, the piece is in five movements, some of which are exemplars of dry humor. (Grade 4+)
 
Following each movement title is a link to a 30-second WMA sound clip from the premiere performance at Eastern Kentucky University. SB, saxophone; Angela Easterday Holder, soprano; the late Stephen Tilford, piano
 
I. The Yellow Saxophone  (listen, 586KB)
II. Rooster Tail  (listen, 702KB)
III. Why I Am Not a Beat Poet  (listen, 591KB)
IV. Gravity, of Course, Is Merely  (listen, 556KB)
V. Forever Forgetting Your Name  (listen, 615KB)