New Music from Diverse Voices!
A guide to new music purchased as part of the 2021 effort to diversify the Music Library Collection.
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Research and Instruction Librarian for Music & Fine Arts
Karen Olson
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Solo Saxophone
- Hiraeth by Cait Nishimura (woman, Japan), baritone sax
- Sonata by Jeanine Rueff (woman), alto sax
Solo Saxophone with Piano
- Winter Solace by Adrienne Albert (woman), alto sax
- 5e chant lyrique by Fernande Decruck (woman), alto sax
- Jazz-toccata by Fernande Decruck (woman), alto sax
- Sonata by David Hurd (Black), alto sax and organ
- Devil's dance by María Mendoza (woman, Latinx), alto sax
- Summer triangle by Yukiko Nishimura (woman, Japan), alto sax
- performed by Masato Kumoi (tracks 18 and 20, wind band version)
- Romance by Elizabeth Raum (woman), alto or tenor sax
- performed by Lin Foulk (played on horn)
- Chanson et passepied by Jeanine Rueff (woman), alto sax
- Trois pour deux by Jeanine Rueff (woman), baritone or alto sax
- Arabesque (on a theme by Debussy) by Jenni Watson (woman), alto sax
Chamber Music with Saxophones
- Divertimento by Violet Archer (woman), saxophone quartet
- Bop by Jennifer Higdon (woman, LGBTQIA+), saxophone quartet
- Waltz by Alonso Malik Pirio (Black), saxophone quartet
Jazz Sax Transcriptions
- The Mindi Abair collection by Mindi Abair (woman)
- The Julian "Cannonball" Adderley collection by Cannonball Adderley (Black)
- The Benny Carter collection by Benny Carter (Black)
- The James Carter collection by James Carter (Black)
- A love supreme by John Coltrane (Black)
- Coltrane plays standards by John Coltrane (Black)
- The Eric Dolphy collection by Eric Dolphy (Black)
- The Kenny Garrett collection by Kenny Garrett (Black)
- Great tenor sax solos
- Best of Joe Henderson by Joe Henderson (Black)
- The Frank Morgan collection by Frank Morgan (Black)
- The James Moody collection by James Moody (Black)
- The Charlier Parker collection by Charlie Parker (Black)
- Best of Sonny Rollins by Sonny Rollins (Black)
- Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet by Sonny Rollins (Black)
- The new best of Wayne Shorter by Wayne Shorter (Black)
- The Sonny Stitt collection by Sonny Stitt (Black)
- The Lester Young collection by Lester Young (Black)