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Sonny Rollins Passes Away at 95
Sonny Rollins, the iconic saxophonist, composer and improviser whose career stretched from the origins of bebop to 21st…
Justin Time Records will release saxophonist Marty Ehrlich’s new studio album, The Long View, on October 21.
The album’s original compositions, six Movements and a Postlude, are a result of Ehrlich’s 10-week residency at Harvard University with painter Oliver Jackson. Though there is no direct correlation, the six Movements reflect the six paintings done by Jackson during the 10 weeks in 2000.
A cast of 21 musicians joins Ehrlich at different points in the album. Movements I, III and VI feature horns, with bass and drums also included on I and VI; Movement II features a string quartet over Ehrlich’s soprano; Movement IV is a quartet of alto sax/flute and rhythm section; and Movement V features trombonist Ray Anderson with cello and violin. Ehrlich’s tenor sax duos with Wayne Horvitz’ piano on the Postlude.
“My compulsion was to give expression to the place where beauties that should not be forgotten and beauties that have yet to be imagined collide, coexist and transform,” Ehrlich said.
For more information, visit www.justin-time.com
Onstage, Rollins would move about restlessly, thrusting his tenor sax in the air as he blew.
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