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The Saxophones: To Be A Cloud

Read "To Be A Cloud" reviewed by Gareth Thompson


The monk and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh had a saying, “I have arrived, I am home." Hanh's writing was an influence on this third album from husband-and-wife pairing The Saxophones, namely Alexi Erenkov and Alison Alderdice. Hanh's use of clouds as a metaphor for impermanence became a keystone for them, but his thoughts on going home surely chimed with Alderdice who returned to the bays of Inverness, California where her family have lived for generations. It was here with ...

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The Saxophones: Eternity Bay

Read "Eternity Bay" reviewed by Gareth Thompson


Alexi Erenkov started out as a jazz student, but turned to guitar-based songwriting in a bid for deeper self-expression. Put simply, he found this new approach more liberating than working on Big Band arrangements. Interesting, then, to recall that guitars were merely tolerated and rather buried in the rhythm section during Big Band's heyday, until the likes of Charlie Christian helped change all that. Erenkov's new project, The Saxophones, emerged in 2018 with its debut album Songs Of ...


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