The Mean Street Anthems - I. Of Shadows And Intrigues by jasonmcchristian published on 2015-07-30T21:39:08Z The Mean Street Anthems for Saxophone Quartet In this music, I attempted to capture the spirit of film noir from the 1930s and 40s. The rugged, angular, and at times, sleazy characters in films like The Killing, The Third Man, and Rope provided the impetus for many of the musical gestures in this work. Using the various characteristics of the saxophone quartet, such as fluid lines, forced articulations, and other jazz idioms allowed me to create many of the expressions found in the films of this genre. Genre Saxophone
