As a saxophonist who primarily plays the baritone I am always on the lookout for great bari players and recordings. Two of my favorite bari players (Claire Daly and Gary Smulyan) have relatively new albums out. These excellent new albums will not only appeal to bari-philes such as myself, but to fans of the artists …
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Dave Holland Octet Pathways Dare 2 Records DR2-004 If you're like me you don't buy or listen to Dave Holland's albums for the writing or his bass solos (which to me all say the same thing and go on too long). It's not that I think his writing or soloing are poor, they just doesn't …
Chie Imaizumi A Time of New Beginnings Capri #74104-2 Composer Chie Imaizumi has to be one of the happiest, positive, most optimistic young woman alive. Her cup is not just half full; it runneth over. These qualities are great ones for people to have, but when transposed into music they unfortunately suffocate her latest album, …
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