| T |
H |
E |
|
H |
A |
T |
|
S |
H |
A |
R |
P |
E |
N |
I |
N |
G |
|
S |
H |
O |
P |
|
 |
 The Aptly Named
Chester Smith
Saxophone Quartet |
| Chester Smith |
Members |
Sound Clips |
T-Shirts |
Contact the Quartet |
Click on the Drum above for a Chester Smith Special Feature!
|
|
Based in Ashland, Oregon, The Aptly Named Chester Smith Saxophone Quartet is an amateur quartet of college students that plays at coffee houses and similar venues in Southern Oregon. The quartet plays several tunes by Lennie Neihaus, but their repetoire ranges from Dixieland and Ragtime to Mozart and Bach. They also play some original compositions and arrangements created by various quartet members.
|
| News |
- With the Quartet:
- A Different 3/4 of the quartet again marched with Alex's Gourmet Marching Band on the 4th of July.
- With everyone scattered across the country the Quartet is on hold for a bit. We bought some new pieces but never got to play them.
- With the Web-Page
|
| Features |
|
|
 Who is the strange man in this blurry photograph? Could it be Chester Smith himself? Actually, it's a morph of all four of the quartet members into a single entity... If we could do this in real life, it would make it a lot easier to find practice times when the whole quartet could make it! |
These are extremely rare clips from the famous July 1995 "Miserable" recording session. The members were hot, tired, but knowing it would be their last time together for months, they chose some of the very first songs they had ever played together. Somehow it worked. Somehow, in the well over 100 degree studio (garage) in Ashland, Oregon they managed to crank out a few listenable recordings. This was the last session recorded by the group before they split up that fall, each member heading to a different section of the country. The group continues to play when members return home, and as more recordings become available they will be posted here.
The Clips:
 (426 KB Mono Sun/AU) Minature Jazz Suite #1, Movement 1: The Best of Times, by Lennie Niehaus
(550 KB Stereo WAV) Bill Baily (Won't You Please Go Home) by Hughie Cannon
(609 KB Mono Sun/AU)Jazz Mosaics #2, Movement 2: Sunfall (Shower Version) by Lennie Niehaus
|
|
|
| This page is maintained by the Baritone Saxophone player for the Aptly Named Chester Smith Saxophone Quartet, Derek Keevil. For Information On The Quartet or Hat Sharpening Services Please Contact him at hathead@hatsharpening.com |
