Saxophobia, Rudy Wiedoeft - Sax & Theatre Organ

Adam Olson (sax) and Stephen Warner (organ) perform "Saxophobia" (1922, Rudy Wiedoeft) at the Senate Theater in Detroit on May 17, 2009.

Also included at the end of this video is a short tour of the 1928 Wurlitzer Theatre Organ console with a musical selection from "Die Fledermaus" (1874, Johann Strauss, Jr.) played by Stephen Warner.

Please help the Detroit Senate Wurlitzer by coming to concerts and/or with other contributions.

For more information about the Detroit Theatre Organ Society and a show schedule:

http://www.dtos.org/

Equipment & software for this video:
Canon Vixia HF S100, EDIROL R-09HR
iMovie '09, Audacity 1.3.7

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Saxophone
• Theatre
• Organ
• Rudy
• Wiedoeft
• Wurlitzer
• Detroit
• Senate
• Fledermaus
• Saxophobia
• novelty
• solo
• sax
• technique

[ImaD00fus]

paul, all is excellent. among the best of what i've seen on youtube from a quality perspective. was this done with the on-board microphone, or did you break out to an external XLR mic? just curious :)

[kiwiplant]

Thanks ! Adam and Stephen did an awesome job. The high quality starts with them for sure !!! The Wurlitzer sure is sounding good too lately.

This was the first time I tried the camera with an organ, had internal mic levels set way too low. Overly safe regarding clipping. The camera's audio was ok otherwise. The audio here is from an Edirol R-09HR (internal mics) synced with the video. It is possible to use external mics with the S100 & R-09, but I haven't tried anything fancy like that yet.

[klavier1us]

Excellent post of this roaring 20's finger buster - perhaps even more so for the Sax player than the organist. Thanks for the chance to see the Senate WuriTzer in action. This is among the most distinctive consoles ever turned out by Wurli's legendary N. Tonawanda NY plant. 4 manual consoles like this one and the 4/58 Radio City Art Deco Waterfall were both rare & standouts among superlatives. If this theatre should fall, it would be a grievous cultural & historical sin. More Please!

[Philm54]

this is SOOOOO fabulous! kudos to everyone involved with this little video! NOW... get the entire concert on the tube!!!! LOL

[MolnarPohdap]

This video sounds good, but it sounded much better live!

[ianwhitcomb]

Great! Really great! Where can we see more?

[regular25]

..excellent!!!...

[hotsickle]

that's the trouble with the world today...too much sax

[jkmek99]

Wow, I love it!!!!!!!!!

[edonmusic]

Just look at this resolution!!!! Congrats Kiwi and Yotube