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Neil Welch: Twelve Tiny Explosions

by Bruce Lindsay
February 3, 2013

It's good when an album title tells it like it is. Twelve Tiny Explosions is Seattle tenor saxophonist Neil Welch's third solo saxophone album and consists of a dozen tunes, each of which can be described as an “explosion." Welch's technical ability on his instrument of choice, sheer power and inventive musicality combine to create a challenging, mind-blowing and often rather lovely battery of sounds.As with his Boxworks (Table & Chairs, 2011), Welch fashions every sound from his ...