New Century Saxaphone Quartet

The New Century Saxophone Quartet is among the best-known ensembles of its type. It is known for innovative programming and a deliberately unstuffy, non-traditional stage presentation and appearance. Although there are at lease seven sizes and ranges of saxophones (including the immense contrabass saxophone), the four most common saxes -- soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone -- make up a standard saxophone quartet. Based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the New Century Saxophone Quartet was founded in the 1980s. Stephen Pollack, the remaining founding member, is the tenor sax...