Quartette Barbette Woodwind Ensemble from Portland, OR

QUARTETTE BARBETTE is an extremely versatile and talented saxophone quartet located in Portland, Oregon. Quartette Barbette is just as beautiful and elegant as a string quartet, but far more versatile! The saxophone produces beautiful sounds like no other instrument ranging from elegant, pure tone to searing, soulful sounds. What kind of ensemble can perform everything from J.S Bach to James Brown? The sax quartet! AND: Quartette Barbette has just been given a RISING STAR award for 2008 for top number of bookings and customer satisfaction! QUARTETTE BARBETTE performs eclectic musical styles including: -Cool swing, -Elegant jazz, -Big Band Tunes -Classical favorites, -Upbeat ragtime, -Rousing klezmer (Jewish jazz), -Fun and funky oldies (Motown, Beatles, James Brown etc) -Celtic and Irish melodies -Polkas and German folk tunes -Christmas jazz and holiday favorites AND MORE! Just some of the groups Quartette Barbette's members have performed with: - Oregon Symphony Pops with Johnny Mathis - Count Basie Big Band's Joe Williams and Dennis Rowland (vocalists) - Harry James, Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Bands, Eugene Symphony, Eugene Opera and more! Just some of the venues and clients of QUARTETTE BARBETTE: - Portland City Grill - KPTV Channel 12's 'Good Day Oregon', - Weiden + Kennedy, - Benson Hotel, - PGE PARK - Portland Beavers, - Children's Museum, - KMHD 89.1FM - 'Home Grown Jazz' hosted by Mary Burlingame, - Cathedral Park Jazz Festival, - Silverton Wine & Jazz Festival, - Arlington Jazz Festival, - Portland Marathon, - Meinig Park Classical Concert Series, - Timberline Lodge, - Acadia Ballroom, - Resort at the Mountain, - Willamette Falls Hospital, - Oregon Health Care Foundation, - KBOO Radio 90.7 FM, - Willamette Valley Vineyards, - Jenkins Estate, - McMenamin's Edgefield, - Governor Hotel - East Fork Country Estates - Heathman Lodge, - Mt. Hood Festival of Jazz/Gresham Business Association - Oaks Pioneer Church, - Night at the Oscars (Hollywood Theatre), - Crown Vista (near St. Helens), - OMSI, - Oswego Lake Country Club, - Canby Country Club, - Royal Oaks Country Club, - The Columbian Newspaper - March of Dimes, - Epilepsy Foundation, - Overseas Women's Crisis Hotline - Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens, - Leach Botanical Gardens, - Scottish Rite Temple, - Abernethy Center, - Elderhostel Association - Clarion Hotel - Chamber Music in City Hall, - LightRail extension celebration(MAX), - opening of Oregon's first sculpture garden and many more! - Other ensembles/instrumentation combinations include: CELTIC FLUTE CLASSICAL FLUTE FLUTE/GUITAR PIANO SAXOPHONE/PIANO "Barbette and Ellen" Jazz, Pop and Classical Duo! FLUTE/OBOE SAXOPHONE/GUITAR ENGLISH HORN, ETC Call us for an elegant and fun musical experience!

• Trisch Trasch Polka | Johann Strauss
• Chicken Dance | trad. Folk tune/Oktoberfest
• Thunder and Lightning Polka | Johann Strauss
• Annen Polka | Johann Strauss
• Theme from Austin Powers | Quincy Jones
• William Tell Overture | Rossini
• Red Clay | Freddie Hubbard
• Memphis Underground | Herbie Mann
• How High the Moon/Ornithology | Charlie Parker
• Fiddler on the Roof Medley
• Christmasttime is Here | Vince Guaraldi
• Bolero | Ravel
• Our Love is Here to Stay | George Gershwin
• As Time Goes By | Hupfeld/Gale
• Take Five | Paul Desmond
• Tiger Rag | 20's jazz
• King Porter Stomp | 20's jazz - Jelly Roll Morton
• Pink Panther/Moon River | Henry Mancini
• All the Things You Are | Jerome Kern
• Polka Dots and Moonbeams | Burke/Heusen
• Maple Leaf Rag/The Entertainer | Scott Joplin
• Linus and Lucy Theme | Peanuts Theme -Guaraldi
• Trumpet Voluntary | Purcell/Clarke
• Canon in D | Pachelbel
• Mambo No. 5 | Prado
• Ain't Misbehavin' | Fats Waller
• Satin Doll | Duke Ellington
• Jump Jive and Wail | Louis Prima/Brian Setzer
• Cantaloupe Island | Herbie Hancock
• When I'm 64/Penny Lane | The Beatles
• NY, NY | Frank Sinatra
• It Don't Mean a Thing (if it ain't got..) | Duke Ellington
• Chicago | Sinatra
• A Foggy Day | Van Heuser
• In the Mood | Glenn Miller
• Moondance | Van Morrison
• My Girl | Temptations
• Soul Man | Sam and Dave
• Louie Louie | The Kingsmen
• Smooth/Europa | Santana
• 60's Medley | various artists
• 50's Medley | various artists
• 70's Medley | various artists
• Mack the Knife | Kurt Weill/Bobby Darin
• 80's Medley | hits of the 80's
• There Will Never Be Another You | Jerome Kern
• It's Been a Long, Long Time | Bing Crosby
• The Best is Yet to Come | Frank Sinatra
• Autumn in NY | jazz ballad
• Polka Dots and Moonbeams | jazz ballad
• I Let a song go out of my heart | Duke Ellington
• I Remember You | swing
• Johnson Rag | 20's jazz - Hall/Kleinauf
• Summertime | George Gershwin
• I Got Rhythm | George Gershwin
• Irish Suite | Trad. Irish
• Have You Met Miss Jones | 40's swing tune
• Ja Da | 20's done swing style
• American Patrol | Glenn Miller
• Moonlight Serenade | Glenn Miller
• Fly Me to the Moon | Frank Sinatra
• Round Midnight | Thelonious Monk
• Mission Impossible Theme | Lalo Schifrin
• Baby Elephant Walk | Henry Mancini
• I Heard it Through the Grapevine | Marvin Gaye
• Morning has Broken | trad/Cat Stevens
• House of the Rising Sun | trad/the Animals
• Powerhouse | Warner Bros cartoon music -Raymond Scott
• Danny Boy | Trad. Irish
• Yesterday | Beatles
• Hey Jude | Beatles
• Eleanor Rigby | Beatles
• Night in Tunisia | Dizzy Gillespie
• Wave | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Cantina Band | Star Wars bar music
• Rhapsody in Blue | George Gershwin
• An American in Paris | George Gershwin
• My Funny Valentine | Rodgers & Hart
• When you Wish Upon a Star | from Pinocchio
• Yakety Sax | Boots Randolph
• Beale St. Blues | W. C. Handy
• Relax! | rhumba
• Make it Funky/Popcorn | James Brown
• Finiculi, Finicula | Italian Tarentella
• A Whole New World | Aladdin's Theme
• Spring from Four Seasons | Vivaldi
• Air on the G String | Bach
• Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream | Mendelssohn
• Wedding March | Mendelssohn
• Hallelujah Chorus | Handel
• Bridal Chorus | Wagner
• Selections from the Moldau | Smetana
• Night Train | classic swing tune
• Zoot Suit Riot | Cherry Poppin Daddies
• L.O.V.E | Nat King Cole
• The Way You Look Tonight | Jerome Kern
• Blue Grass Rag | ragtime
• Ghost Riders in the Sky | Frankie Laine
• Raiders of the Lost Ark March | John Williams
• Sesame Street Theme | TV Theme
• Do you Know what it means to miss New Orleans | 20's jazz
• Way Down Yonder in New Orleans | 20's jazz
• The Nearness of You | swing tune
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Ellington
• Stella by Starlight | Kern
• Limehouse Blues | 20's jazz
• Out of Nowhere | Lena Horne
• Symphony No. 8 Mvt 2 | Beethoven
• Bouree and Hornpipe | Handel
• Four Brothers | Woody Herman
• Theme from Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Gounod
• Theme from Peter Gunn | Henry Mancini
• Theme from Rocky | Bill Conti
• Bugler's Holiday | Leroy Anderson
• A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Sherwin
• I Remember Clifford | Benny Golson
• Puttin on the Ritz | Irving Berlin
• Blue Skies | Irving Berlin
• The Easy Winners | Scott Joplin
• That Old Black Magic | Johnny Mercer/Harold Arlen
• Django | John Lewis
• My Ideal | Robin/Whiting/Chase
• Ob la Di, Ob la Da | The Beatles
• Strike up the Band | George Gershwin
• Alexander's Ragtime Band | Irving Berling
• Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | Charles Mingus
• Segment | Charlie Parker
• Down by the Riverside | Traditional
• Guantanamera | Latin
• House of the Rising Sun | Traditional
• The Shadow of your Smile | Johnny Mandel
• I Can't Take my Eyes off of You | Burt Bacharach
• Empress Tango/Girl in Satin | Tangos
• Day by Day | The Four Freshmen
• Moonlight & Roses/Girl of my Dreams/Sweetheart of Sigma Chi | Waltz Medley
• It Could Happen to You | swing
• The Last Waltz | Burt Bacharach
• Nice Work if you can get It | George Gershwin
• Stars and Stripes Forever | John Phillip Sousa
• Hot Toddy | Perez Prado
• Indiana | swing tune
• Groovin' | The Rascals
• Oh, Lady be Good | George Gershwin
• Rudy Wiedoeft Suite | 20's novelty tunes
• My Favorite Things | Rodgers & Hammerstein
• Happy Birthday
• Muppet Show Theme | TV Theme
• Nutcracker Suite (for sax quartet)! | Tschaikovsky
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Mel Torme - Judy Garland
• Sleigh Ride | Leroy Anderson
• Swing Christmas tunes! | holiday favorites a la swing style
• White Christmas | Irving Berlin
• Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer | Johnny Marks
• Traditional Christmas medleys | traditional holiday favorites
• My Ideal | 30's swing
• Hava Nagila | traditional Jewish music
• Rock of Ages | traditional Jewish music
• Klezmer Triptych | traditional Jewish/Klezmer
• Siman Tov U Mazel Tov | traditional Jewish song
• Laila Laila | Jewish folk song
• Od Lo Ahavti Di | Israeli Dance Tune
• Three Klezmer Trios | Traditional Jewish/Klezmer
• Tants Fraylachs | Traditional Jewish
• Beer Barrel Polka | polka
• Pennsylvania Polka | polka
• Liechtensteiner Polka | polka
• It's only a Paper Moon | standard
• The Simpson's Theme | TV theme
• Take the A Train | Duke Ellington
• Over the Rainbow | Harburg - Judy Garland
• Well You Needn't | Thelonious Monk
• Brazil | Samba
• Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | The Andrews Sisters
• Body & Soul | Classic Jazz Ballad
• Besame Mucho | Latin
• Autumn Leaves | jazz ballad
• Cold Sweat | James Brown
• Ory's Creole Trombone | Edward "Kid" Ory 20's jazz
• Suo Gan | Welsh Lullaby
• Elite Syncopations | Scott Joplin
• Riverboat Shuffle | Hoagy Carmichael
• Simple Gifts | Shaker Melody/Aaron Copland
• So Shall the Lute and Harp Awake | Handel from Judas Maccabeus
• Star Bangled Banner | Francis Scott Key
• Armed Forces Medley | Anchors Aweigh etc
• Larghetto | Vivaldi
• Perpetuum Mobile | Johann Strauss
• Love Me Tender | Elvis
• Irish Suite | Irish medley
• Goodbye Porkpie Hat | Charles Mingus
• Reflections | Thelonious Monk
• Chattanooga Choo Choo | Glenn Miller w/ The Andrews Sisters
• Lady is a Tramp | Sinatra/Ella Fitzgerald
• Looney Toons Theme | cartoon music
• Mood Indigo | Duke Ellington
• Cottontail | Duke Ellington
• Sophisticated Lady | Duke Ellington
• Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen
• Theme from 1812 Overture | Tchaikovsky
• Michael Jackson Medley | Michael Jackson
• I Wish | Stevie Wonder
• Sir Duke | Stevie Wonder
• Oye Como Va | Santana
• Singing in the Rain
• What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong
• Theme from 8 1/2 | Nino Rota
• Clarinet Polka | Traditional German Polka
• Polka
• Sentimental Journey | Glenn Miller/Doris Day
• Dos Gardenias | Bolero
• Early Autumn/Blue Orchids/Stardust Medley | 40's standards
• Can you Read My Mind- Love Theme from Superman | J. Williams/Leone
• Carmen Medley | Bizet - classical/jazz arr.
• Charleston | 20's Jazz
• Basin Street Blues | W. C. Handy
• Ashokan Farewell | PBS Civil War miniseries Theme
• All of Me | popular standard
• Mercy, Mercy, Mercy | Joe Zawinul - funky jazz
• Lime House Blues | 20's jazz
• Josephine | 20's jazz
• In a Sentimental Mood | Duke Ellington
• Blues Walk | Clifford Brown
• Caravan | Duke Ellington
• Blue Bossa | Kenny Durham
• Birdland | Joe Zawinul
• Better Get hit in yo' Soul | Charles Mingus
• Blue Rondo a la Turk | Dave Brubeck
• Bist du Bei Mir (If Thou be Near) | J.S. Bach
• El Relicario | Paso Doble
• Forget | Bolero
• Halloween Fantasy | Lennie Niehaus
• Georgia on my Mind | Hoagy Carmichael
• All of Me | Marks - jazz standard
• April in Paris | Vernon Duke - Count Basie
• 4 Gershwin Songs - Nice Work if you can get it, Love Walked in, They all Laughed, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off | George Gershwin medley
• Ain't she Sweet | 20's Jazz
• Adios-Guantanamera - Chuco-Guataca City | Latin songs
• Amazing Grace | Traditional