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Instrument: Saxophone, alto
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by Dan McClenaghan
Collin Sherman takes the 'A' train to his day job in Manhattan. Billy Strayhorn, the writer of the tune “Take the 'A' Train" that was made famous by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, must be smiling. Do the seeds of Sherman's compositions germinate during these forty-five-minute rides? Possibly, though his music has no resemblance to Ellington's or Strayhorn's. Day job and train rides aside, Sherman creates his music in a home studio in a one-person endeavor via the overdubbing ...
read moreCollin Sherman: Organism Made Luminous
by Dan McClenaghan
The Covid pandemic slowed artistic progress for many musicians. Opportunities to collaborate became scarce; live music in front of an audience blinked out. However, the enterprising players out there found a way. File sharing and solo projects blossomed, and these—along with the relative affordability of home studio set ups—had an invigorating effect on musical creativity. If you cannot go out and play to an audience, you might as well stay home and create. But for multiple instrumentalist (primarily ...
read moreCollin Sherman: Suitable Benchmarks of Reform
by Dan McClenaghan
Multi-reedist Colin Sherman's thirteenth album, Suitable Benchmarks Of Reform, was made from the same template from which his previous twelve releases came into being—recording alone in his New York City apartment, recording the individual parts then layering each onto the next to make an ensemble sound. This, in the time of the arrival of the Covid virus, has become a more common practice; it is just that Sherman got a head start on the go-it-alone process. Call it ...
read moreCollin Sherman: Arc of a Slow Decline
by Dan McClenaghan
Music is typically a collaborative affair. A given number of players comes together and each takes a part in the shaping of a particular sound. Teamwork is the word. But sometimes a musician just has to go it alone and--in this technological age that allows such things--the recording then collaging and layering of sounds creates an ensemble work. Music lovers of a certain age may remember Paul McCartney's McCartney (Apple, 1970) as a groundbreaker in this style of expression.
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