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James Barger – Improvisation et Caprice – Saxophone

Live recording of Bozza's "Improvisation et Caprice" from Special Student Recital my freshman year at West Texas A&M (April 26, 2007).

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  1. Improvisation sounded nice, but you missed the Animando (to become more animated in tempo, not spirit like Animato) and played it flat. The rest of the Improvisation sounded fine, I disagree with some of the breath placements but it’s your interpretation.

    The Caprice… If you blow through it like that with any disregard to musicality, it’s pointless. Marcel Mule himself cared more for musicality over technique, believed that technique should be present but not overtake the former.

    Comment by BenjaminJacob — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  2. @jbargermusic
    It was amazing and I bull shat myself.

    Comment by awolter333 — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  3. @jbargermusic
    It was amazing and I bull shat myself.

    Comment by awolter333 — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  4. @awolter333 ?

    Comment by jbargermusic — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  5. @awolter333 ?

    Comment by jbargermusic — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  6. Bull shit.

    Comment by awolter333 — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  7. Great technique!!! Keep up the good work. I played this during my senior year of high school and it is very challeging,

    Comment by EricCarter2 — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  8. Hell……… im only in 8th grade and i have to do this for a solo competition

    Comment by Silencer1524 — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  9. ….and I only am referring to the Caprice….the Improvisation was better overall, in my opinion.

    Comment by CJMsaxophonist — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  10. Why did you circular breathe almost all of it? This was not written to be a piece that showed off circular breathing, in fact, Bozza intentionally inserts rests at the ends of the phrases for a fast but normal breathe. I am all for a circular breath if you are in absolute need, but there is no need to use it in this piece at the tempo you took it.

    Comment by CJMsaxophonist — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  11. So good… SO GOOD!!!

    Comment by BrownCommander — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  12. Outstanding playing on a very difficult piece! Best wishes with all of your college studies.

    Comment by richardjchandler — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  13. “Oh wow, that was so good, very very good..”

    lol. Really lady?

    N’DUH.

    Comment by STHanson08 — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  14. nice yet hard song lol :D

    Comment by KidArco27 — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  15. wow cool, I’m a sophomore taking this for a solo and ensemble contest. Really wish I would’ve taken this my freshman year. It’s such a nice song.

    Comment by silentassaiIent — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  16. i have to do this for solofest this year after xmas break and im a freshman in HS…

    Comment by KidArco27 — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  17. all i have to say to this is… VERY NICELY DONE!

    Comment by silentassaiIent — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  18. That’s needlessly quick…

    Comment by somespongebobfan — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  19. i am a sophomore in high school playing this piece. im just now learning it but i dont think ill ever get it this good

    Comment by dt7681 — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  20. This was in the spring semester of my freshmen year at WTAMU – I was 19 at the time. Thank you for your comment!

    Comment by jbargermusic — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  21. you performed this piece when you were a freshman?
    that’s unbelievable!

    Comment by frankdiva1130 — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  22. Everything was great. I agree that Bozza would have made the caprice without the pauses if breathing wasn’t a problem. I played this when I was a junior in high school, not as good, but I do know the difficulty of the piece. The circular breathing was great and still wish that I could do that.

    Comment by dandaman111990 — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  23. Rushing to much on caprice way to much and there are rests you know! Improvisation was really good though

    Comment by guitarplayer245 — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  24. Hey, thanks for the comment! The recordings that I own of this piece are by Jamal Rossi, Nicolas Prost, Todd Oxford, Harvey Pittel, and Daniel Loudenback.

    Comment by jbargermusic — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

  25. hey man, what recordings did you listen to of this?

    Comment by ucomk6jazzuh — July 30, 2010 @ 5:57 am

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