James Tenney: Saxony (1978), perf. Ryan Muncy

This is one of the coolest things I’ve heard in a while, and it was written almost forty years ago.

James Tenney (1934 – 2006)
Saxony for one or more saxophone players and tape-delay system
perf. Ryan Muncy

Note that Tenney wrote this before personal computers could do this stuff. Today, this would be a Max or PD patch, and a relatively simple one at that. In 1978, “tape” actually meant tape.

Also, Mr. Muncy would like to teach you some things about the saxophone.