Flute

Jeanne Baxtresser – The Swan – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pep328-E9wA

Yasmine Choi – Czardas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAMZQL9uVyI

Emmanuel Pahud – Tchaikovsky – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsUB38k_nmU

Also listen to Jean Pierre Rampal, James Galway, Marcel Moyse, and Julius Baker

Oboe

Albrecht Mayor – Saint-Saens – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHLss4HBgM4

Liang Wang – Poulenc Sonata – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIQ1Kafyk2w  

Henrik Chaim Goldschmidt – Gabriel’s Oboe – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WJhax7Jmxs

Also listen to John Mack and Eugene Izotov

Bassoon

Bram van Sambeek – Monteverdi – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzF3aJwF4Wg

Gustavo Núñez – Vivaldi – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKBCgv7eSkw

Matthias Racz – Tomasi –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SINaPiYH1U

Matthias Racz – Weber – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UolKuMgGOpo

Klaus Thunemann – Elgar – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M18dApHK5Go

Clarinet

Vienna Clarinet Connection – Rhapsody in Blue – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0u5xn6o-mM

Sabine Meyer – Mozart – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7LctOkceuo

David Shifrin – Weber – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWidp3F6ODY

Also listen to Robert Marcellus, Michael Collins, and Daniel Bonade

Bass Clarinet

SQWONK (duo) – Black – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngVoCYF0Ei4

Michael Lowenstern – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwikPI3_75c

Alto Saxophone

Arno Bornkamp – Bozza Aria – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IilvLMQP_WI

Joe Lulloff – Glazunov Concerto – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGL7cs8mf0A

Jonathan Nichol – Supercell – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBqqqnBoEu4

Arno Bornkamp – Valse Vanite – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Uz69KF4ao

Also listen to Otis Murphy, Christopher Creviston, Timothy McAllister, Nobuya Sugawa, and Taimur Sullivan

Tenor Saxophone

Telemann Sonata – https://youtu.be/iAdHPmMZH4s?t=66

James Houlik (earliest saxophonist known specifically for tenor) – https://youtu.be/stkPo50a3-8?t=21

James Houlik – Ewazen – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PXkpubsnh8

Also listen to the artists listed under alto

Baritone Saxophone

Yasuto Tanaka – Czardas – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVOBQBamjDA

Arno Bornkamp – Elegie – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqO1uwdQJhI (features bari altissimo ¾ of the way through)

Connie Frigo and Taimur Sullivan – Black – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbyaInyGhvs

Steven Banks – As I Am – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPepkXasAks

Also listen to the artists listed under alto

*Saxophonists – Professional musicians don’t only play only one saxophone; find and listen to a variety of musicians on different saxophones

Saxophone Quartet

Prominent quartets include the H2 Quartet, Capital Quartet, PRISM Quartet, and the Donald Sinta Quartet

• H2 Quartet – Groove Machine – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7wVXomhtM4 (Features a technique called “slap tonguing”)
• H2 Quartet – Strange Humors – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnM-c9_DRok

Trumpet

Phil Smith – Barat – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GahT4GeNq0

Chris Martin – “Lincoln” – https://youtu.be/Kpr_5d0T9ms?t=58 (John Williams conducts)

Caleb Hudson – Bach Partita – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ENDzWcv8RI

Also listen to Malcomb McNabb, Niklas Eklund, Tom Stevens

French Horn

Dennis Brain – Beethoven Sonata – https://youtu.be/mlKJ9CjSv_U?t=157

Hermann Baumann – Saint-Saens – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUDm-C7_meQ

Strauss Nocturne (Performer Unknown) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNkysKTy638

Also listen to anything by Peter Damm, Stefan Dohr, Pip Eastop, and Andrew Pelletier

Trombone

Joseph Alessi – Blue Bells of Scotland – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7fYjSwyodI

Bob McChesney – Carnival of Venice – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_uKxGPF_I

Christian Lindberg – Czardas – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GnJ-xL7n3k

Listen to ANYTHING and EVERYTHING by these three!

Bass Trombone

George Curran – Hymn for Planet Earth – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beP-Q5NFljw

George Curran – Devil’s Waltz (Duet) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlQ65M5UFVI

Trombone Ensemble

Superman – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SAuiS4MVlQ

Pirates of the Caribbean – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDt3Wtz6RIg

Rolling Thunder – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1IHYWTy7XA

Baritone/Euphonium

Steven Mead – Carmen Fantasy – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08v0aCrh4Hg

Brian Bowman – Carnival of Venice – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw64WttUfzA

Also listen to David Childs and Leonard Falcone

Tuba

Arnold Jacobs – Vaughan Williams – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-4l6QbxLgc

Roger Bobo – Carnival of Venice – https://youtu.be/eyJkyi0BKPk?t=28

Also listen to Oystein Baadsvik and John Fletcher

Jazz Listening

Alto Sax

Charlie Parker, Jonny Hodges, Cannonball Adderly (search “alto”), John Coltrane (search “alto”)

Tenor Sax

Cannonball Adderly, Lester Young, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman

Bari Sax

Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Dennis DeBlasio, Joe Temperly

Trombone

Marshall Gilkes, Bill Waltrous, JJ Johnson

Trumpet

Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Dizzie Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Sean Jones

Drumset

Max Roach, Buddy Rich, Art Blakely

Bass

Victor Wooten, Jaco, Ray Brown, Charles Mingus