Dr. Larry Gwozdz

[FrankDaFootlong]

props on that second movement though XD

[FrankDaFootlong]

little man was busy trying to improv and prolly forgot how he memorized his music lol



[JazzBluesClassical42]

he's so little!

[MrTscheche01]

no barocco in this version. thumb down

[1dlegend]

@scotydogd LOL! Dr. Gwozdz told me about that story in my lesson. I laughed so hard when he told me that.

[PyreCraft]

rip Dr. Gwozdz

[1dlegend]

@PyreCraft Dr. Gwozdz isn't dead.

[eatingperson]

Shit...his intonation is ridiculous. Respect.

[bszwed]

Herb Couf would seed them all back to school.

[2259269587]

Dr. Gwozdz teaches at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS He is an excellent teacher and pedagogue of the Saxophone. If you are a serious saxophone student and would like learn the saxophone in light of the creator's intent, I would recommend studying with him. You will NOT be disappointed.

[saxguy45]

sounds pretty good but the best i have heard is a guy that is kind of a hermit in new york.....he only plays out sparingly.but what a spiritual experience every time i hear him play....his name is Garth Davis

[davet1964]

Hmmmmmmm, He may be good with the added improvs, but his playing is not a patch on the original Rascher version I still have on Vinyl. The man is still the master. Might see if I can work out how to add a photo of the sleeve notes and cover and upload the track on here.

[cabecunas]

holy crap... this is so beautiful and i have to learn this for districts! my teacher said he auditioned on this piece for college....

[killinintheplace]

@cabecunas the song isn't that hard. maybe to play it this sexy then it's a little hard. i played this song for my solo for solo and ensemble. then went to state solo and ensemble and got a 1. but i think that judge was on something cause i didn't even do that good. idk

[Catherinesk8s]

I took lessons from him for a year. he's amazing:D

[TheRyrhoades96]

@Catherinesk8s mee ototoooo hahaha i caant wait to own u with this at lions band

[saxophone016]

Fast Fingers and Tounge ... WOW!

[saxophone016]

OMG!!! I love it :)

[Icanactaullyplay]

Not sure i like the use of the front fingerings in the second movement. All around great performance. This guy still teaching? If so where at?

[dlowen888]

@Icanactaullyplay, Dr Gwozdz teaches at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.

[2259269587]

Dr Gwozdz plays with a rare sensitivity to the musical line. He is an extremely rare individual, and a gifted musician, and an excellent teacher on the Saxophone. He keeps the author's intent, that is to say he performs with the ideals of Msr Joseph Antoine Sax. As a student of Sigurd Rascher, he maintains the form and substance of his mentor and friend. He plays with a divine symbiotic gush that flows from the inside outward. It is a blessing to hear such an artist!

[saxophoney]

Agreed.

[XdarkdomainX]

the second movement was a lilttle jumpy and too loud he overblew it, alot. lol but good otherwise

[DillonNicholsonTV]

6:33-6:38

BAD ASS IMPROV!

[XdarkdomainX]

not improv just a totonic scale done at a fast tempo if u listen carefully

[DillonNicholsonTV]

Well of course, but the scale itself within the music was a form of improvisation being that it is not in the original piece. All notes must be in or conform to some directional scale one way or the other. BAD ASS!

[zachindie]

@XdarkdomainX there's no such thing as a totonic scale. maybe you meant octatonic scale, which would mean a diminished or augmented scale, neither of which is what he played.

[Gamertech123]

@zachindie Maybe he meant diatonic, as it certainly wasn't chromatic.

[drakolan]

I know that embellishments are standard performance practice for the Baroque period, but some of them take a 200 year jump in style. There are moments in the first movement where it sounds like Schubert instead of Eccles. Great tone and technique though.

[XdarkdomainX]

aggreed, lol im playing this too and im afraid to say i did the same thing w/ mine! lol better change that before the comp coming up in january

[TheDarkenedPast]

thank you very much for putting this one here it helped me get first chair in wind ensamble

[2259269587]

Awesome sound on the saxophone! SMR would be proud! A light to those who would listen and hear the good news, through a saxophone bell..

[starfishfromsaturn]

Gwozdz on saxaphone??

more like God on saxaphone.

thank you, Dr. Gwozdz, for helping me learn to play this piece for NYSSMA (indirectly through this video) :)

[NewYorkSkater0120]

im playing this in nyssma on alto its a tough solo

[thatNinjabrianna]

hey, sorry to bug you, but you happened to mention NYSSMA? What level is this? lol I really need to pick up a solo book, but I'm in search of a solo :)

[NewYorkSkater0120]

its level 4....are you from long island because i know a store that has the solo...

[XdarkdomainX]

im pretty sure its lvl 5 but i could be mistaken,,,

[NewYorkSkater0120]

oh im sry its a level 5

[thatNinjabrianna]

ahh oh dang, it's really pretty, I was hoping it was up the alley of a six :(

Thanks though! :D

[ChaosChronicle]

Oh goodness, I played this almost 4 years ago now at my NYSSMA solo. This brings back so many memories :)

[Torcova]

I got a perfect score on this at our middle school's solo and ensemble contest...our judge was a "grand-student" of sigurd rascher and larry teal

[eg2012squared]

i love his ornaments!!<3 <3

[jlbird101]

pitch? response?

[steven4931]

genius...

im playing this on april 4th for solofest and then for my placement in the high school band...

im only in 8th grade and omg the fourth movement is so hard... whenever theres the skipped notes i always squeak. its so annoying

[eg2012squared]

i know what you mean, you have to breathe somewhere and then once you breathe its really hard to come back in smoothly so fast

[giddyofu]

Wow - I play that on violin, and I must say, it sounds so much better on the sax!!

I have my grade 5 violin tomorrow, and I'm playing the first and second movements in the exam!

I probably should be saying it sounds much better on violin.

It does. Just not when I'm playing it!

XD

[sasukepie109]

cool

[Torcova]

5:10

[KristyLu1002]

I hope to play this next year at a solo and ensemble contest.

[midge7777]

i have to play this solo for solo ensemble coming up in a few months. i think this gives me a better idea on how to play this song. the only thing that's bugging me is the ab lib!!!!!!!!!!!! other than that he's a extremely great sax player!

[Dutchlovin]

I love this song. I brought it to a competition and played it on soprano. So pretty.

[steven4931]

if thats an alto saxophone then that guy must be like 4 feet tall lol

[FoolOfARoni]

rahhh what's with the embellishments there's so many!! but the tone is nice.

[saxophoney]

Students of the saxophone may want to make note of Dr. Gwozdz's tone on this piece as what I think is an example of the "Rascher" school. I have posted a Rashcer recording on Youtube and have a Rascher LP and this is what he sounded like. Wonderful presentation. Dr. Gwozdz studied with Rascher and Londeix.

[GeneralDAS]

I really enjoy listening to this performance. Critically speaking, he has near-perfect intonation (minus some high-end notes such as E's that are a bit sharp). Tone is very rich as dark. My only complaint is that he tends to get very brash and aggressive with some attacks. This sometimes causes him to lose control such as at 2:36 and 5:40 - 5:45. As for the embellishments, I have mixed feelings. Some are very nice, and some are very distracting and inappropriate (4:11 ???).

[SaxymanMLC]

Great work on the jumps in the last Mvt. Still, the embellishments are too much. Overall, 9/10

[SaxymanMLC]

The embellishments RUINED the song. Since when are the written notes too boring??? I think that the song is beautiful just the way it is written. Also, just a tad bit too much vibrato for my taste...Other than that, great technical work and tone. A little too harsh in the large jumps in Mvt. 2

[mwidzinski]

FYI, embellishments are standard performance practice of music from the Baroque period.

[SaxymanMLC]

I understand that. But I am speaking purely from my personal opinion and musical taste.  I just happen to think that this song does not need so much embellishment.

[1491anthony1491]

Does any one know what arrangement this is.

[frostyicecream]

yeah, same

i picked this piece up about a month ago, and am "trying" to play it for the New Englands festival.

Most of it is no problem, but the last Mvmnt. is a killer

im going to have to slow it down

[marzadou1]

Im a freshman tenor sax player in high school and i don't know as much about music like all of you guys but that was an excellent performance. I'm playing this sonata for my solo at the end of the year and I just started working on this piece. Thanks for giving me a sneak peek at what it can hopefully sound like.

[frederickchoe]

Amazing intonation and tone

[leftmyhandsbehind]

Amazing! BTW anyone know how to get the extra embellishments and whatnot that he is playing in this video (and Rascher recorded)?

[aristo35]

Get them? You have them right here.

[achristocrat]

Nice Eccles, Dr. Gwozdz. I love the 3rd mvt.

-Chris