BASSOON BROTHERS: Escaped

Bassoon Brothers

Escaped

© 2007 Mark Eubanks (672617032424)

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This bassoon quartet CD offers music stolen from rock to Renaissance, swing band to surfer, classical to country and beyond, with the tongue often pressed lightly in the cheek. A magical mystery tour bassoon CD.

tracks

1 Song of the Volga Boatman
2 You're the Cream in My Coffee
3 The Town of Titipu
4 I'm Called Little Buttercup
5 When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment
6 I am the Model of a Modern Major General
7 Lip My Reeds
8 La Mourisque
9 Minuet and Dance
10 Ode to a Toad
11 Anitra's Dance
12 Solvejg's Song
13 Finnish Folk Song
14 Humorous Scherzo
15 Ring of Fire
16 I Walk the Line
17 Folsom Prison Blues
18 Orange Blossom Special
19 Air on the Bassoon Reed
20 The Italian Job
21 Surfer Girl
22 Misirlou
23 Larghetto

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notes

The Bassoon Brothers have been stirring up trouble since they began performing together in 1985. They have stolen material from string quartets, operas, symphonies and popular music, calling it their own with the unmistakable Bassoon Brothers stamp. Their first CD recording, Wanted for Low Down Playing and Bass Behavior on Crystal Records showed many of their musical crimes. They commissioned another known associate musical felon, a fellow bassoonist, Peter Schickele a.k.a. P.D.Q. Bach, for some hot goods and more rip-offs. The Bros’s CDs have been the number one selling recordings of all solo or group bassoon recordings on Amazon.com. The irreverence they demonstrate and their theft of musical material continued with the release of their 2002 recoding entitled Captured. Their newest recording Escaped keeps up the pace on their indie label.

Due to the serious nature of their crimes, the Bassoon Brothers have spent some time in prisons in Oregon and California. Performing in prisons has become a passion for the group. They have shadowed the Oregon Symphony on northwest tours for years performing their purloined material in schools, and retirement centers and community outreach programs. The Bassoon Brothers pioneered the Symphony’s Bridgeport Brew Pub Chamber Music on Tap with every performance a sell out. The unusual criminal nature of the group caught the attention of the Wall Street Journal where their photo appeared with an article about the bassoons and brew connection, as did another article in the Seattle Times. HBO’s Dennis Miller Show featured a photo of them with the comment that they were the finalists in the Fifth Annual Amsterdam Bong Hit Festival. The same photo was a recent clue on ABC’s Jeopardy show. Answer: “What is a bassoon?”

What the bassoon does not have is respect. That’s why the Bassoon Brothers call it the Rodney Dangerfield instrument. Their mission is, first, for the public to quit calling it an oboe and, second, a call for more people to take the instrument seriously. They consider the bassoon to be an endangered instrument for lack of players. In the right hands, the “clown of the orchestra” is capable of great versatility and beauty as well as its role as a “belching bedpost”. In some reviews the Bros have been called role models for younger players, having given them material to enjoy the bassoon just for the fun of it. Through this approach they hope to attract more players to the instrument, which is their ultimate mission. As for getting respect, Vivaldi wrote thirty-seven concertos for the bassoon, more than any other instrument except the violin. Unfortunately, it’s been down hill ever since as a solo instrument.

The composer Michael Daugherty, known for his strange and off beat compositions has featured the bassoon in an early composition entitled Dead Elvis, calling for the bassoonist to dress as an Elvis impersonator. When Michael Daugherty began composing his biker bassoonist bash--Hells Angels for Bassoon Quartet and Orchestra, where did he draw some of his inspiration? From a Bassoon Brothers CD, of course. He wanted to see what we were doing, especially the jazzy capabilities of the instrument. The Bassoon Brothers performed Hells Angels in biker gear in May 2002 recorded Hells Angels for DELOS on the American Contrasts CD. The Oregon Symphony is the back up band.

The Bassoon Brothers are also affiliated with the bassoon section of the Oregon Symphony. Mark ( head de ranger) Eubanks, his side kick Baker City Bob (de Viper) Naglee, Evan (de kid) Kuhlmann and the de Bro's sole sister Bonnie Cox.

The Bassoon Brothers can be see on You Tube and have their own website www.bassoonbrothers.com to help promote the instrument and educate bassoonists through their entertaining tidbits about the ‘oondom and their popular advice column which receives questions worldwide from bassoonists, their parents, and band directors.

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  • Escaped
    author: Heather Holmquist

    This is some of the finest bassoon playing I've ever heard. They also cover about every genre of music one could want. This CD will make you laugh out loud.

  • Escaped - Bassoon Bros.
    author: William Birkett

    Another fine eclectic collection from the 'Brothers'! I'm amazed by the outstanding arrangements of both the classical music as well as the more popular tunes. The musicians (bassoonists are musicians, too!) display their mastery of the instrument through out the CD. The first listening brings a smile to your face, but it takes repeated listening to appreciate all the treasures here. My hope is that they will be 'Re-Captured' soon!

  • author: Dr T Goody

    Fabulous album, can't help but smile when you listen to it. Some very nice tongue in cheek sleeve notes as well.

  • Escaped
    author: David Kinman

    It has been said that the difference between an oboe and a bassoon is that a bassoon burns longer. Thankfully, these folks do just about everything else with their fine instruments. Our son is a bassoonist, our daughter an oboist and we love the CD anyway! We have played it for others who are musicians and they get a great kick out of it (though they may be too cheap to purchase it). I do not know how you could produce yet another of this quality, but please try.

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