Ballad for Trouvère is a composition for saxophone quartet, dedicated to the Trouvère Quartet by the composer Shoji Yokouchi. It is one of the few original works Yokouchi left behind. This piece was featured in the Trouvère Quartet’s fourth album, Innocent Dolls (released in 1994), and later in the best-of album Trouver Trouvère (released in 2002). Its beautiful melody and harmony continue to be loved by saxophonists of all ages. The entire piece is marked by catchy, singable melodies, as if a medieval singer had been reincarnated in the modern age with a saxophone.
