Samuel Blais, David Liebman – Cycling (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:14 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Effendi Records
There’s no accounting for how great music comes together on record. Sometimes everything is meticulously laid out for months or years in advance, as artists use planning and implementation to their advantage in the creative process; other times, sparks just fly at spur of the moment sessions. Cycling falls into the latter category.
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Dave Liebman, Dave Binney, Donny McCaslin and Samuel Blais – Four Visions (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:10:34 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sunnyside
The saxophone quartet has become a major vehicle for this one time maligned instrument in the realm of both classical and contemporary music. Saxophone practitioners have succeeded in placing the instrument into these musical pantheons, making the saxophone quartet the woodwind equivalent of the string quartet. Of course, the horn did find an historic fit in jazz music, so it was only a matter of time before the saxophone quartet emerged as a vehicle for improvisation.
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