In the artist’s words: Describe one of your earliest musical memories in detail.
Hearing Kronos Quartet in the mid-1980s in Ann Arbor. Hmmmmm, can we do that on saxophones? What are your top 3 all-time favorite albums on Apple Music, and why? Why did you choose these three albums in particular?
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
John Coltrane, Giant Steps (2020 Remaster)
The Beatles, Abbey Road (2019 Mix)
Beethoven, Coltrane, The Beatles. Beethoven, Coltrane, The Beatles. Fight me! Find a song of yours on Apple Music that you love and tell us what makes it special. Tell us why you chose this song.
“Blue Notes & Other Clashes: VIII. Prismatic Fantasy”
The final movement of Steve Mackey's epic Blue Notes and Other Clashes for sax and percussion quartets is a journey across a fantastical musical terrain. Steve wrote that he was trying to achieve "some sort of crippled grace, and rough beauty."