Donna Lee Saxophone Quartet - Mellow (2008)

The unaccompanied jazz saxophone quartet made its first major appearance in jazz in 1977 with the formation of the World Saxophone Quartet. Since then, the 29th Street Saxophone Quartet and the more avant-garde Rova have made their marks. In 1999 Zdenko Ivanusic and Andrej Henigman, two classically-trained altoists from Croatia who had met while playing in the Croatian Army Symphonic Wind Orchestra in 1992, formed the Donna Lee Saxophone Quartet. By 2001 the personnel had stabilized, with tenor-saxophonist Vanja Ilekovic and baritonist Ales Susa (from Slovenia) becoming permanent members.
Since then, the Donna Lee Saxophone Quartet has performed regularly including several appearances on television and a major concert at the Lisinski Hall in Zagreb.