Sixtine Group

Sixtine Group: Pieces For Christmas Peace

by Mark Sabbatini
December 21, 2006

Christmas albums may be perceived as an outmodeled necessity commercial artists are expected to undergo, but French saxophonist Raphal Imbert sees vast potential in those all-too-familiar compositions.

“It seems to me very exciting to able to explore all the facets of this repertoire, for more than any other it exemplifies the incredible dialogue of cultures that has gone to make up the vast range of American music," he writes in the liner notes of Pieces For Christmas Peace. ...