The Story of the Bass Saxophone
The bass saxophone is not only an expression of man's foolhardy ingenuity in music making, it is also a rallying point for humane eccentrics. Not merely a machine, not quite an animal, but with something of both like the steam locomotive, the bass sax attracts unusual personalities like the indefatigable Harry Gold, and John Barnes , who in his more sensible moments plays baritone sax in Humphrey Lyttelton's band.
The film traces the history of this large instrument with contributions from Harry
Gold and His Pieces of Eight, the Keith Nichols Blue Four, Gunther Schuller
Harry Hayes , George Hurley and exiled Czech novelist Josef Skvorecky. Also featured is some rare film of the first master of the instrument - Adrian Rollini. Written and narrated by Russell Davies
Sound JOHN MURPHY Film cameramen
JOHN GOODYER and ELMER COSSEY Film editor LES NEWMAN Producer PHILIP SPEIGHT
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