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Shawn Maxwell: Story At Eleven

Read "Story At Eleven" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


On his 11th release, the aptly titled Story At Eleven, saxophonist and composer Shawn Maxwell leads his quartet through a four-part, cinematic suite. Utilizing electric instrumentation Maxwell endows the ambiance with a noirish undercurrent. The expansive pieces, thanks to Maxwell's writing, demonstrate ensemble cohesiveness without sacrificing the individual voices of the four musicians. Keyboardist Collin Clauson's hypnotic cascades and drummer Greg Essig's dark rustles open “Appointment With" with delightful intrigue. Maxwell's muscular and serpentine alto then sets the ...

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Shawn Maxwell: Expectation & Experience

Read "Expectation & Experience" reviewed by Jack Bowers


On Expectation & Experience, his tenth recording as a leader, Chicago-based woodwind specialist Shawn Maxwell is accompanied by almost thirty musicians—but never by more than three on any of its seventeen tracks. Maxwell says the compositions were written during the global Covid-19 pandemic, and the musicians were mustered singly, most in their own homes. While each of the compositions has a “theme," none is readily apparent from its performance, and listeners should feel free to overlook that aspect and focus ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Story At Eleven

Cora St Records
2023

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J Town Suite

Cora Street Records
2023

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Expectation &...

Self Produced
2021

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Answer & Arrival

From: Story At Eleven
By Michael Barton

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