Saxophone Interviews

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Claude Delangle: “Music Is Not a Competition; It’s Just Life”

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In today’s interview, we have the honor of speaking with Claude Delangle, one of the largest names in the saxophone world, who has contributed to the art as an international soloist (creating new repertoire in the process), a pedagogue for over 30 years in the Paris Conservatory or the European University of Saxophone in Gap, France, among other innumerable courses, festivals and masterclasses all over the world.

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Mariano García: “It Is Imperative, to Be Honest and Accept That We Are All Human, and Error Is Part of Humanity, if Not the Very Definition”

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This time we have the opportunity to interview Mariano García, a soloist and Professor of Saxophone at the Aragón Conservatory in Zaragoza, Spain. A self-made saxophonist whose passion for music and his instrument is contagious.

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Chris Madsen: “Published Music Method Books Can Be Helpful, but the Act of Transcribing Something That You Want to Learn Is Invaluable”

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Today we have Chris Madsen, one of the most in-demand figures in the jazz world throughout Chicago. His labor as a player and composer would be incomplete without the facet of teaching, which he does at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Wisconsin—Parkside, after many years at Northwestern University. Here, he speaks to us about learning jazz from his particular focus.

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Jim Gailloreto: “You Have to Get Really Great at Practicing to Become a Great Player”

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Jim Gailloreto is Artist Faculty Jazz Saxophone at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois (USA). To add from being a saxophonist, he is also an arranger, orchestrator, and composer, which becomes obvious in his manner of teaching, with a more complete and interesting perspective.

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