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The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra were a group of six American saxophonists who played as a saxophone ensemble in recordings and live performance. They were based in Santa Cruz, California. The group was notable for its contrabass saxophone, which is 203 centimetres tall with a 43-centimetre-diameter bell. It is a very low-pitched instrument that is very rarely heard. The instrument, played by the group's leader and founder Don Stevens, was formerly owned by Robert Seaton of Louisville, Kentucky, a noted civil engineer and amateur musician who played the sax on WHAS big band programs in the 1920s and 30s. Mr. Seaton found the contrabass saxophone in a shop in Newark, New Jersey in the 1960s. Inscriptions on the instrument indicate that it was produced for the US Army Band in 1902. Mr.
Ann Merrell bs | |
Kristen Strom fl, as US | |
Art Springs bs, ts | |
Don Stevens as, ts, bs | |
Kelley Hart-Jenkins sax | |
Dale Mills ts, as | |
John Davis sax US |
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Fathom This...A Retrospective | The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra | 1999 | Compil. |
Isotopia | The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra | 1997 | Album |
Gone Fission | The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra | 1992 | Album |
Thar They Blow | The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra | 1991 | Album |
The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra | The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra | 1986 | Album |