Hamiet Bluiett Dangerously Suite

This concert performance is quite unusual: an unaccompanied recital by the great baritonist Hamiet Bluiett. Although its subtitle is "A Solo Blues Concert," the "blues" refers to the feeling that Bluiett puts into his music rather than the structure of his originals itself. "In Tribute to Harry Carney" is a highpoint. Bluiett is in top form during this adventurous but fairly melodic performance.

Hamiet Bluiett - Blueblack (2001) {Justin Time JUST158-2}
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Jazz / Post Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz / Baritone Saxophone

The Bluiett Baritone Saxophone Group strikes again. Four baritone saxes make for quite a wall of low-register sound, and every quartet member but Bluiett – Patience Higgins, James Carter, and Alex Harding – doubles on bass clarinet. In Carter's case, make that contra-bass clarinet, an instrument that can cause the room to shake. Since the horns have the bass function covered, all that's needed are drums; hence the presence of trapsman Lee Person and percussionist Kahil El'Zabar.

Hamiet Bluiett - Libation for the Baritone Saxophone Nation (1998) {Justin Time JTR 8470-2}
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© 1998 Justin Time Records | JTR 8470-2
Jazz / Post Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz / Baritone Saxophone

This unusual four-sax combo honks to high heaven on this live disc. But only horn fans of the deepest hue need apply. The squonk and bratt of horn syncopations like "Discussion Among Friends" are a bit grating after a time.

Bluiett Baritone Saxophone Group - Live at the Knitting Factory (1998) {Knitting Factory Records KFR 217}
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© 1998 Knitting Factory Records | KFR 217
Jazz / Post Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz / Baritone Saxophone

Four baritone saxophones supported by the smart drumming of Ronnie Burrage on this recording. The baritone saxophone range is wonderful for experimentation. The instrument can clearly reach the sonorous tones and up in to a near-piercing range. The saxophones come at the listener singly or in groups, making free-jazz statements. A melodic phrase can easily give way to a rhythmic squawking before diving back into a spontaneous theme.