Send In The Clowns - soprano sax solo : Bert Brandsma

Bert Brandsma guest soloist on soprano saxophone as soloist with big orchestra.

Recorded November 15. 2008 by G. Woittiez.
Location : Burgh-Haamstede, the Netherlands.

On this title Bert Brandsma plays his Prologue curved soprano saxophone, his cheapest horn!

Famous saxophone solo.

Title : Send In The Clowns

"Send in the Clowns" is a song by Stephen Sondheim, from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music. It is a ballad from Act II in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. Among other things, she regrets having turned down a marriage offer 20 years earlier. Meeting him after so many years, she finds that he is now in an unconsummated marriage. She proposes to marry him, to rescue him from this situation, but he declines. Reacting to his rejection of her, she sings the song.

Sondheim created the song specifically for the actress, Glynis Johns, who created the role of Desirée on Broadway. The song is written in four verses and a bridge, using a complex triple meter. It became Sondheim's most popular song after Judy Collins recorded it in 1975. Subsequently, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey and many other famous singers have recorded the song, and it became a jazz standard.

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[musicloverbrazil]

Nice song. I didn't know that Bert Brandsma also played soprano sax so well. Nice to see him solo with such a big orchestra.

[jazzbandball2]

Just marvelous sax playing, Mr. Brandsma is extremely gifted.

[Saxman1976]

You're amazing! Not only dixie but also this kind of songs that i love to listen too!

[MarinerCayPilot]

Very nice Bert, you have many talents my good friend

[saintmirrenmalky]

Bert Brandsma strikes again! 5 stars.

[heinbanjo12]

Mooi gespeeld. "Plaats Rust". *****

[dixielandjazzband]

Wonderfull playing on that curvie!

[SelenaSings]

I'm proud!

[slagharendixieland]

Great performance. Good conductor.

[ChequetheRipper]

Amazing. Great orchestra, is it an army band?

Sop sax sounds great, although it looks like a circus horn.

[AdrianRollini]

Although I prefer to hear you on bass saxophone, this soprano sounds great as well.