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Path of Totality

About the Album

"Path of Totality" is the first track from saxophonist/composer Quinsin Nachoff's album of the same title, out February 8, 2019 via Whirlwind Records. The second release from Nachoff's innovative, genre-eclipsing band Flux - Nachoff, saxophonist David Binney, pianist/composer Matt Mitchell, drummer/percussionist Kenny Wollesen, and drummer Nate Wood - the album melds jazz and classical music with an arsenal of vintage electro-acoustic instruments. Neither Toronto nor New York, the two cities that Quinsin Nachoff calls home, offered prime viewing conditions as the moon eclipsed the sun in August of 2017. But Nachoff, who has long drawn inspiration from the scientific wonders of the universe, couldn't help but be moved by this rare astronomical phenomenon - and to find a degree of solace in it. After all, here was a shadow large enough to blot out the face of the sun, darkening the Earth and then moving on. In the Path of Totality could be found hope that this, too - whatever "this" might be in the moment, whether political, personal or environmental - will indeed pass.

Date featured

February 15, 2019

This song appears by permission of the contributing artist and/or record company. It is for personal use only; no other rights are granted or implied.


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