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Axes Hexagon Porta Jazz PJ 094 While each of these sessions features a quartet of saxophonists in multi-timbral examinations, they couldn’t be more different in execution. Creating what easily could be the soundtrack for a suspense thriller, London-based tenor saxophonist David Petts has composed 10 themes whose menacing currents call on not only textures from all four saxophonists and the steady pulse of John Edwards bass, but also multi synthesized sounds from other instruments. As… Read More
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Three-day festival in northwest Portugal in early February 2024 showcased Portuguese improvisers and those from elsewhere.
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