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Quadraphonnes Presents: Moondog's Sax Pax For A Sax at Alberta Rose Theatre
When
Fri, March 7, 2025
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Mieke Bruggeman
saxophone, baritoneMary-Sue Tobin
saxophone, altoMichelle Mercer
saxophoneChelsea Luker
saxophoneJeff Homan
saxophone, altoBrian Myers
woodwindsOwen Broder
saxophoneWard Baxter
saxophoneJay Easton
saxophoneZanny Geffel
percussionMaria Joyner - Wulf
drumsJasnam Daya Singh
pianoDeReau K. Farrar
vocalsSteven Golliday
vocalsSammuel Hawkins
vocalsAbout
Louis T. Hardin's (aka Moondog's) jazz-meets-classical love letter to the saxophone performed by Portland's all-female saxophone quartet and friends!
Influenced by classical, jazz, and indigenous American music, Moondog’s is one of the most improbable lives of the twentieth century: a blind and homeless street musician became a legendary eccentric in New York City and rose to prominence as a major-label recording artist and internationally respected composer. He became an honorary member of the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall in the late 1940s. The Prestige jazz label released his unique, melodic compositions, and in the late 1960s, Viking-garbed Moondog became a pop music sensation on Columbia Records....





