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Album of the Week, 46: The Dreamweaver – Patrick Bartley’s DREAMWEAVER

Patrick Bartely might just be the most exciting alto saxophonist I have ever heard. I would even go as far to say that he rescued the instrument from a lifetime of me avoiding it. Despite my fond and foundational memories of school band, the ubiquity of alto saxophonists among my fellow bandmates had near enough tired me out. I had heard enough of the alto sax… or so I thought. Its overly sweet tone in comparison to its smoky cousin, the tenor sax, and my association with the instrument and concert bands had led me to believe that the alto…

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Album of the Week, 44: Laugh ‘Till I Cry – Michael Kessler

This week, I am bringing forward an album that has reminded me, in the past two weeks since I first heard it, of the core purpose of music and its reason for existing in our lives. If I am being totally transparent, I have been getting bogged down recently in conversations surrounding AI music and was starting to feel beaten by the machine. The topic has cornered me into believing that music has no meaning and offers little more to our lives than a soundtrack or a mood boost that can be easily programmed for our individual consumption. Perhaps I…

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