Excerpt: Jazz compositions for bass oboe (chronological)
by Peter Hurd; reorganized and amended by Holger Hoos, editor-in-chief since 2020
version 2 (1 February 2022)
This collection is based on the catalogue of musical works requiring heckelphone or bass oboe instrumentation assembled by Peter Hurd beginning in 1998. For this new edition, the original version of the repertoire list has been edited for accuracy, completeness and consistency, and it has been extended with a number of newly discovered pieces.
Some entries could not (yet) be rigorously verified for accuracy; these were included nonetheless, to provide leads for future investigation, but are marked clearly. Pieces were selected for inclusion based solely on the use of heckelphone, bass oboe or lupophone, without any attempt at assessing their artistic merit. Arrangements of pieces not originally intended for these instruments were included when there was clear evidence that they had found a significant audience.
We gratefully acknowledge contributions by Crawford Best, Ulrich Brokamp, Michael Finkelman, Francis Firth, Alain Girard, Thomas Hiniker, Robert Howe, Gunther Joppig, Georg Otto Klapproth, Mark Perchanok, Andrew Shreeves and Michael Sluman.
Zappa, Frank (1940-1993): The Grand Wazoo, 1972
Publisher: Bizarre Records
Remarks: featuring Earle Dumler on bass oboe
Duration: 37min
Tags: bass oboe; jazz
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Neidlinger, Buell (1951-): This Way is West (album), 1981
Publisher: K2B2 Records (K2B2 3369)
Remarks: album by Krystall Klear and the Buells; a bass oboe part, played by Gene Cipriano, can be heard prominently heard in "Pete's Boogie"
Duration: 73min
Tags: bass oboe; jazz
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Neidlinger, Buell (1936-2018): Our Night Together, 1981 [?]this entry is only partially verified
Publisher: K2B2 Records (K2B2 2169)
Remarks: album by Krystall Klear and the Buells; bass oboe played by Gene Cipriano
Tags: bass oboe; jazz
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Allaz, François (1957-): Les Cartographes "Par un terrier de girafe", 2005
Publisher: François Allaz
Remarks: CD tiré à 200 exemplaire numérotés et signés par les musiciens; entre jazz et musique contemporaine; les compositions de François Allaz sont interprétées par Isabelle Hornung (violon), Sara Oswald (violoncelle), Jocelyne Rudasigwa (contrebasse), Bernard Trinchan (trombone, euphonium, trompette basse, saqueboute), Béatrice Zawodnik (hautbois, cor anglais, hautbois baryton) et François Allaz (guitare)
Tags: bass oboe; chamber music, jazz
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Lehfuss, Augustin (1963-): Jazzy Ideas, 2009 [?]this entry is only partially verified
Remarks: for 8 oboe instruments and jazz trio; commissioned by Gregor Witt; premiere in 2011 in Markneukirchen, Germany
Duration: 7min
Tags: heckelphone, bass oboe; jazz
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Lehfuss, Augustin (1963-): Ballad for Double Reeds, 2009 [?]this entry is only partially verified
Remarks: for 8 oboe instruments and jazz trio; commissioned by Gregor Witt; premiere in 2011 in Markneukirchen, Germany
Duration: 4min
Tags: heckelphone, bass oboe; jazz
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Lehfuss, Augustin (1963-): Double Reed Blues, 2009 [?]this entry is only partially verified
Remarks: for 8 oboe instruments and jazz trio; commissioned by Gregor Witt; premiere in 2011 in Markneukirchen, Germany
Duration: 4min
Tags: heckelphone, bass oboe; jazz
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Lehfuss, Augustin (1963-): Rostock's Fun Fare, 2009 [?]this entry is only partially verified
Remarks: for 8 oboe instruments and jazz trio; commissioned by Gregor Witt; premiere in 2011 in Markneukirchen, Germany
Duration: 3min
Tags: heckelphone, bass oboe; jazz
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.