You could argue that every post-Coltrane recording of serious saxophone music has been informed by the legacy and spirit of the man himself. Yet it takes a musician (or musicians) of a particular ...
BRATTLEBORO -- Free jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman described his music by saying the theme he plays at the beginning of a song is "the territory," and what comes after is "the adventure." On Saturday, ...
On A Different Riff, Minnock delivers his final love letter to Shire's work and reprises his extraordinary artistic partnership with soprano saxophonist Dave Liebman. Co-produced by Liebman and Shire, ...
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Dave Liebman, above, and below center with the Dave Liebman Big Band, which performs Sunday at the SJF. Dave Liebman, above, and below center with the Dave Liebman Big Band, which performs Sunday at ...
Normally when you hear the words "three tenors," you think of opera singers. In this case, three tenors—in addition to a soprano and a few other instruments—refers to the saxophone, which is perhaps ...