{"id":15657,"date":"2010-01-09T10:24:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T18:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=15657"},"modified":"2024-05-07T10:49:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:49:32","slug":"rudy-wiedoefts-saxophobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2010\/rudy-wiedoefts-saxophobia\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudy Wiedoeft’s Saxophobia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rudy Wiedoeft Source: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rudy Wiedoeft was one of America’s earliest saxophone virtuosos. His rise to fame began in the 1910s, when the saxophone was still in its infancy as a musical instrument.<\/p>\n

His body of work is very impressive. He recorded over 300 tunes, on many labels, and is credited with popularizing the sax in America as well as Europe.<\/p>\n

Wiedoeft’s primary horn was the C melody sax. However, he did some recordings and performances on alto and soprano.<\/p>\n

Rudy Wiedoeft’s style had that typical 1920s ragtime feel to it. It was full of the effects that we’ve come to recognize as of the time<\/em>, such as: slap tonguing, double tonguing, triple tonguing, laughing, and of course vibrato.<\/p>\n

Wiedoeft was also a composer, and some of his original music became extremely popular. One of his most popular pieces was Saxophobia, <\/em>which was written in 1918.<\/p>\n