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Eric Barber: Maybeck Constructions

Read "Maybeck Constructions" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Solo saxophone recitals bring to mind cartoon saxophonist Lisa Simpson being dismissed from band practice for doing her own thing. Sure we all like to think of ourselves as Lisa, Sonny Rollins, Evan Parker, John Butcher, Joe McPhee, or Jack Wright blowing notes into the great unknown, but the solo setting is one lonely gig.

The trouble is one of imagination. Cursed is the soloist who pauses, sometimes to think, to breathe, to find the nearest exit. Saxophonist ...

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