Wanted:  The Bassoon Brothers (Crystal Records CD873):  “Wanted for low-down playing and bass behavior.”  Contains Peter Schickele’s Blue Set No. 2 for Four Bassoons, as well as his Last Tango in Bayreuth in a new arrangement by one of The Brothers.  The Bassoon Brothers also show that the P.D.Q. Bach instrument the windbreaker can be used in jazz pieces as well, and include more bassoon quartet pieces than you can shake a bundle of sticks at.  

Performers

• Mark Eubanks, bassoon, tromboon, synthesizer tracks, alto sax, vocals, and percussion
• Robert Naglee, bassoon, whistle, reed
• Juan de Gomar, bassoon, contrabassoon and vocals
• Bonnie Fillmore Cox, bassoon
• Carlton Jackson, drums and percussion

Track Listing

[1]  Funeral March of a Marionette (Charles Gounod, arr. Eubanks)

[2]  Alexander's Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin, arr. Jack Gale)

[3]  Fantasy #1, from Concerto in F (Carl Maria von Weber, arr. Eubanks)

[4]  Hall of the Mountain King (Edvard Grieg, arr. Eubanks)

[5]  The Wedding Guest (David Carroll)

[6]  Georgia On My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael, arr. Eubanks)

[7]  Pizzicati (Leo Delibes, arr. Eubanks)

[8]  Bugler's Holiday (Leroy Anderson, arr. Eubanks)

[9]  Last Tango in Bayreuth (Peter Schickele, arr. Eubanks)

[10]  Scherzo pour 4 Bassons (Pierre Max Dubois)

[11]  Bewitched (Lorenz Hart/Richard Rogers, arr. Eubanks)

[12]  Dragoons, Entr’acte from Carmen (Georges Bizet, arr. Eubanks)

Blue Set No. 2 for Four Bassoons (Peter Schickele)

[13]  Bassooner or Later

[14]  Portlandia in Cerulean

[15]  Gang of Wolves

[16]  Blue Rondo A La Turk (Dave Brubeck, arr. Eubanks)

[17]  Frippery #19 (Lowell Shaw)

[18]  Frippery #2 (Lowell Shaw)

[19]  Night Train (J. Forest, arr. Eubanks)

[20]  Red River Valley (Traditional folk song, arr. Eubanks)

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