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The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra

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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.

     
Members
Ann Merrell
bs
PortraitKristen Strom
fl, as US
Art Springs
bs, ts
Don Stevens
as, ts, bs
Kelley Hart-Jenkins
sax
Dale Mills
ts, as
PortraitJohn Davis
sax US
Popular Tracks   
Primal Tonic on Isotopia by The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Casbah Shuffle on Fathom This: A Retrospective by The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Buglers' Holiday on Thar They Blow by The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Midnight in Moscow on Thar They Blow by The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Sweet Georgia Brown on Fathom This: A Retrospective by The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Souvenir De Puerto Rico on Thar They Blow by The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Duke Ellington Medley: Do Nothing Til You Hear from Me / Come Sunday / Caravan on Fathom This: A Retrospective by The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Mold, Mold on Thar They Blow by The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Fanfare for the Common Man on Thar They Blow by The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Take Me out to the Ballgame on Thar They Blow by The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Fathom This...A RetrospectiveThe Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra1999Compil.
IsotopiaThe Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra1997Album
Gone FissionThe Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra1992Album
Thar They BlowThe Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra1991Album
The Nuclear Whales Saxophone OrchestraThe Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra1986Album
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