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Please Note :

>>  Where the text is this colour  <<  on this page, you can click on the link for more info or sounds - many thanks to  Wikipedia  and a mutlitude of other useful sources.

Where the link is followed by a small triangular icon  

like this Scott Robinson 'taster'  -   Isfahan

you can either click on the actual link to hear the sound in (e.g.) Media player, or you can click on the triangular icon  to use the websites built in  '1Bit' streaming Flash player.  Click again to stop.  Try it here...

Play the C-Melody sound selection above - use the left/right arrows to switch tracks (or) scroll thro' the list under the player, and click one.  Or the player will cycle thro' them all in sequence.

The 'commercial/copyright'  tracks are time-limited samples - the others are full length.  Thanks to all the players !

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Rick Arbuckle

Note :  Sound sample etc. coming here - this entry curently being added,  June 2011

Various CD's (e.g. CD LR 200/201 - LEO RECORDS ) with his quartet.

Currently trying to find some of Braxton's C-Mel tracks, it isn't easy - but hopefully this is his C-mel, not the alto....

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Prestige/Victor Entertainment(VICJ-60205)  CD Japanese release of "Laughing Soul"
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With GREGG ALLMAN - BEST OF MILLENNIUM ( Allman Bros.)  - part of Mercury Records "20th Century Masters" series
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Peter Brötzmann (born March 6, 1941) is a German free jazz saxophonist. Numerous recordings - , including with Cecil Taylor, Evan Parker.
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UPC: 074645759623 A Study in Frustration

Box CD Set with Ben Webster, Benny Carter, Chu Berry, Coleman Hawkins, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Red Allen, Roy

Took early lessons on the C-melody saxophone (influenced  by Tram) - teachers included  Harold Proctor
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Paired Down, Vol. I & II  - Justin Time Records
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Bandleader, "The Clown Prince of Jazz" -  http://nfo.net/usa/c6.html

Picture courtesy of  nfo.net

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John Dankworth plays C-Melody with his Dankworth Generation Band.  The idea was to have one of everything. The instrumentation includes one trombone, one French Horn, one tuba, and one each of alto, tenor and baritone saxophones. There is one flugel horn, and John cheated a little to get a strong brass section by having two trumpets. John, with typical modesty, claims that he didn't wish to play a type of saxophone that was being played better by somebody else in the band. Therefore, he decided to play C-Melody.

Photo courtesy of   Wikipedia         Information from the article  C Here   -  written by  John Robert Brown    (many thanks ! )

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MILLER, PHIL / IN CAHOOTS // ALL THAT //CD //CUNEIFORM //RUNE181 
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1974  On the Sorcery CD   with Jack DeJohnette - C-melody saxophone, keyboards, drums
Bennie Maupin - bass clarinet  Also: Dave Holland, John Abercrombie, Mick Goodrick
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British Saxophone Quartet ( freeform jazz ), plus New worlds (08.46); SlamCD 401
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With Max Lager’s New Orleans Stompers on  Music Mecca CD 4023 (Vol.3 2001-2002)
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Played with, and produced for, Sonny Simmons                          (to be continued...)
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Worked with Jelly Roll Morton
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Spats Langham and his Rhythm Boys
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For a more modern sound, here's   Masquerade  - same C-Mel, but with a tenor HR Berg.

Also are available from Gregs Sounds Page

Update 4/2008 - samples now available on the mp3 player - at the top of this page...

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Plays Buescher C-Mel, still have to identify which tracks / CD's Jan plays C-Mel on !

Hayes Greenfield

** Listen to Nathan Haynes hurtling (poor quality...) along on a Conn C-Mel -  Just Maybe - live

For the full version, including vocals, at much higher quality - click on >>  http://myspace.com/nathanhaines
- then click on "Just Maybe Live" and in between the vocals is a lovely flowing sax solo on a straight-neck Conn C-Mel.   

Nathan plays (to quote him) "It's a 1923 Gold artist model I found in mint unplayed condition....the mouthpiece was an Otto link re-bored to fit the neck and works fine for me. It's my fave 'jazz' horn as the sound is so clearly vintage with a great feel.It doesn't project like a tenor and I can't get my head around the harmonics (all different for some reason) so the range is limited but I do love playing it."

Nathan has also recorded a background sound sample on the new 2007 Aquilasax C , for Steve's website - click here       Update 4/2008 - samples now available on the mp3 player - at the top of this page...

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** Listen to Ted's interpretation of Rudy's solo's on  cdbaby.com     ( most are two-minute samples )

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CD, Royal Oak Records nr. 5001, produced by Bixophile, record collector and producer, and Bixography forum contributor Hans Eekhoff. The subtitle of the CD reads, "A tribute to the legendary Bix Beiderbecke by Dutch bands and musicians. "

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Dan Higgins has recently put a couple of videos up on YouTube, where he is playing a Buescher C-Melody with a HR Link tenor mouthpiece - accompanied by his son Dustin on guitar.

    The YouTube video links are     Christmas - 'Slow Struttin'    -  and the more recent     River Walk

For just the sound files, either check out the new mp3 player at the top of this page (they're on it...), or to download them to your PC -  Christmas - 'Slow Struttin'   (and)   River Walk
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Joseph Jarman/Don Moye:    Earth Passage-Density    CD  (Black Saint 120052)
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'Transit People' with the Umo Jazz Orchestra (Helsinki)  Naxos Jazz/2001  747313606726
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Yes, he learnt on clari & C-Mel before going onto such well-known and loved instruments as manzello , nose-flute  and stritch ...  Why not indeed !   Source (amongst many ) - http://www.icebergradio.com/artist/6898/gary_jules.html
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Mentioned by Scott Robinson in his " The Sound That Time Forgot " article. 

** Listen to a clip from the 2003 CD   Celebrating Bix - Blue River -  featuring a three-man C-Melody section - Dan Levinson, Scott Robinson and Pete Martinez - smooth !   

Yes - 2003, not 1923 !

Photo cortesy of http://danlevinson.com

Update 4/2008 - samples now available on the mp3 player - at the top of this page...

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See also the  Wikipedia biography  - Flights Of Fancy:Trio Fascination Ed. 2.   Joe was playing C-Melody as far back as 1994 with his quartet at the Village Vanguard, NYC.      Also on Blue Note Quartets, Blue Note (USA)  724382912521 - 1996  Seen here playing a Conn C-Melody - photo's from  http://www.joelovano.com

** Listen to a short extract of    Joe playing C-Mel  on Evolution

More expressive sound than most of the modern C-Mel players !

Update 4/2008 - samples now available on the mp3 player - at the top of this page...

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Played C-Melody sax with the Frank Ricotti All-Stars for the 'Biederbecke'tracks - the music for three UK TV series.

The Beiderbecke Affair' (1984) - Follow the exploits of Jazz nut Trevor Chaplin (James Bolam), and his long-suffering girlfriend Jill Swinburne (Barbara Flynn). Whilst trying to track down a set of missing records they encounter a mystery platinum blonde who weaves a complex web of intrigue that soon escalates to dealing with dodgy businessmen, 'black economies' and council corruption. 

'The Beiderbecke Tapes' (1987) - Feature length mystery with Trevor and Jill as they continue to embroil themselves in all sorts of clandestine meetings and intrigue. Nuclear waste in the Yorkshire Dales, sinister conversations and a missing barman take Trevor and Jill on a whirlwind mystery from the Dales to Amsterdam and Edinburgh. 

'The Beiderbecke Connection' (1988) - Trevor and Jill are now parents to a baby boy, however their old pals Big Al and Little Norm prevail upon them to give sanctuary to a homeless refugee. It is not long however before they are again caught up in a complex deception of a musical kind featuring the music of jazz supremo Frank Ricotti.

With the Sonny Simmons Quartet  - Judgement Day, 1996
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With Scott Robinson on the CD   Celebrating Bix - Blue River   Released: July 14, 2003
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Played with many bands and artists, incl. Trumbauer, Bud Freeman, Jimmy McPartland , Joe Rushton, Benny Goodman, Red Nichols, Pete Daily, and Pee Wee Hunt
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GOLDEN ERA OF THE C MELODY SAX  - recorded by Gilberto Monetti,  Italy
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Album :  Nisir Pella PR-11
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RAPHÉ MALIK QUINTET:  Sirens Sweet & Slow  (#01972)  - Mapleshade Music
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John Stevens Quintet with John Tchicai Ð live at The Phoenix - 1976
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Currently plays Martin 'Typewriter' C Melody Sax, also Buescher & Conn C-Tenors, plus tenor/soprano saxes and blues harps. 

Also extensively modified Conn and Buescher C Melody Saxes.   UK based, Bideford, Devon
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At times his big band ( Jack Pettis and his Pets.... ) contained Jack Teagarden, Eddie Lang, Benny Goodman , Joe Venuti, Adrian Rollini and Tommy Dorsey !!     Recorded in New York 1928-29.
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See  http://www.davepietro.com/recordings.html

Uses a Beechler C Melody #7 mouthpiece
 - from http://www.beechler.com/artist.htm

** Listen to short extracts of Dave playing cool C-Mel on  Canto Triste  and  Choro Bandido  ( from the 'Embrace' CD)

with Anthony Braxton on the CD 'Six Compositions"  (GTM) 2001 - and credited as playing " C melody saxophone, oboe, clarinet, Turkish G clarinet, soprano recorder, marimba, vibraphone....."
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Took over as Ben Bernie's principal 'hot soloist' on C-Melody sax. after Jack Pettis left circa 1929 to form his own band.   According to Rust's 'American Dance Bands' , was present on records from March 1929.    ( see  http://www.normanfield.fsnet.co.uk/tramsoundalikes.htm  )
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See http://www.garyregina.com
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Based in Manchester UK - see  http://www.btinternet.com/~jazzworld/deps.htm
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One of today's leading exponents of the C-Melody sax, has recorded a complete album on just the C-Mel.  Scott plays a 1919 curved-neck Conn.

** Listen to short extracts from  Ups and Downs,  and the more gentle  Isfahan   -  from the album  Melody from the Sky   

For more sound samples from all the tracks on  Melody From The Sky CD - < click here >

Click on Scott's name (left), and scroll down the page to  "The sound that time forgot"  and read his gentle homage to the C-Melody.

Update 4/2008 - samples now available on the mp3 player - at the top of this page...

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plays with The Pilotram ensemble  (New York ?)  CD "We Must Sleep"  Transient Frequency (TF001)
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Composer, multi-instrumentalist, leader of NRG Ensemble
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Founding member of New York City based improvisational group Borbetomagus
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C-melody sax and accordion - The Four Frantics -
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**Listen to  The very thought of you - played on a Buescher C-Mel, with a Babbitt C-Melody mouthpiece - gorgeous sound !  The sample is almost 5Mb - so you might like to do a "Save as.." because you'll want to listen to it more than once...

More downloadable sounds of Mike on other saxes are available from  his website.

Update 4/2008 - samples now available on the mp3 player - at the top of this page...

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Also plays fiddle in The Oyster Band / Oyster Ceilidh Band  "TWENTY GOLDEN TIE-SLACKENERS PLUS (CD)"
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On ' Round Again' , by Swan Arcade --  Fellside Recordings FECD160 (CD, UK, 2001)
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Out Of Nowhere (CD 2000)
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Sunny Murray    Perles Noires, Vol. 2   Label: Eremite 46 - 2005  Recorded 11/12  october, 2003, boston; &  wilmington   (and ) with Gino Robair , UNITY IN MULTIPLICITY . Rastascan 025cd.
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Army Camp Harmony Blues     Chicago, May, 1925
Ma Rainey And Her Georgia Band:  George “Hooks“ Tifford (c-melody, saxophone), unknown (kazoo) Thomas A. Dorsey (p), Cedric Odom (d)
Explaining The Blues    Chicago, May, 1925
Ma Rainey And Her Georgia Band:  George “Hooks“ Tifford (c-melody, saxophone), unknown (kazoo) Thomas A. Dorsey (p), Cedric Odom (d)
200 Legendary Blues Treasures 10 CD Box Set
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Polish C-Mel, bass clarinet & alto player, recorded with Peter Brotzmann - Noth Quartet - "Malamute" - Kilogram records, 011 - live April 2, 2005 at Zak jazz club Gdynia, Poland
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Tram - 'Daddy' of C-Mel players ! Long time association with Bix Beiderbecke, Cotton Pickers, Joe Venuti, 

** Listen to an extract from  Trumbology - with Bix and Tram

For loads more Trumbauer sounds ( courtesy of redhotjazz.com) - please < click here >

Rumour has it, and I've seen a picture proving it, that Tram played a Holton C-Mel, long before Wiedoeft signed a contract to allow Holton to make 'Wiedoeft' model saxophones.

Photo courtesy of  movietreasures.com   

Update 4/2008 - samples now available on the mp3 player - at the top of this page...  

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C-Mel, C-Sop, C-Clari (all things C....)  owner/administrator of this website - cmelodysax.co.uk
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With Ornette Coleman & Albert Ayler on "The Unreleased Ayler" Dec '63
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Started on C-Melody, later switched to tenor  sax  (and of course, all the others)

A classical oboe player, from Hildesheim, Germany.   Axel also plays a Buescher C-Melody with a Zinner Special (C) mouthpiece, and also, it seems a Velvetone (Conn Stencil) C-Soprano, as well as most of the other standard saxes.

** Listen to an extract from a very basic recording of  Grisaille - for the full version, visit Axel's Blog

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The other 'Daddy' of C-Mel players - Holton built special 'Wiedoeft' model alto and C-Melody saxes.

Also check out  Rudy's Bio here

** Listen to  the full version of  Saxema,  courtesy of  Project Gutenberg

( the file is over 2 Mb, so maybe only for broadband...)

** Listen to   Saxophobia, with Rudy hurtling along, the tune that started it all, courtesy of dismuke.org  - requires Realplayer...  And, just for a bit of fun, I had to put this link in to the Pacific Coast Concert Band playing their version - was that Rudy's ghost I saw walk in front of the camera ?

** Listen to  the full version of  Velma, a much more measured and dramatic performance...

Photo courtesy of  Wikipedia  Update 4/2008 - samples now available on the mp3 player - at the top of this page...

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Transcribed music for, and played C-Mel in, the 'Bix' tribute film   BIX, THE LEGEND -  Italy 1990 • Tom Pletcher on cornet
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Pres started on C-Mel, His own early idol was Frankie Trumbauer, from whom he learnt both a light dry sound and a sense of form. 

He became pro on tenor in 1927
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** Listen to (and see, it's a YouTube link)  Andreas van Zoelen play Liebesfreud, by Kreisler on a Conn C-Melody Saxophone -

or just listen to the sound here

He also has a Youtube clip of him playing Verrat by Grieg     ( on the bass sax) 

Update 4/2008 - samples now available on the mp3 player - at the top of this page...

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( lots more coming........ )