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Jimmy Farace: Hours Fly, Flowers Die
by Jerome Wilson
There have been many recordings of saxophones backed by string sections since Charlie Parker experimented with the idea many years ago. The majority of those have featured tenor or alto sax players. However, on his debut album, Jimmy Farace demonstrates how the baritone sax can excel beautifully in this format. The full instrumental lineup on this set has Farace in front of a quintet, which also includes guitar and piano, meeting up with the KAIA String Quartet. The ...
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by Bob Osborne
A mixed bag of new releases features debuts from exciting new talents, music from the 1980s which is being revisited, and well established players returning with new ensembles and approaches to their music.Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Jimmy Farace “Growing Pains" from Hours Fly, Flowers Die (Shifting Paradigm Records) 00:29 Jim Doherty “When Two People Meet" from Spondance (Livia Records) 07:33 Michael Buckley “Golden Rod" from EBB and FLOW (Livia Records) 14:50 David Handler “Life Like Violence circa 2003, ...
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