More on John Butcher with his interview and discussion from One Final Note

Crew's Choice Selection

The Contest of Pleasures  
   John Butcher (soprano and tenor saxophones)
   Xavier Charles (clarinet)
   Axel Dörner (trumpet)

"Listen to how these exemplary musicians learn to read the acoustical space of the chapel: Butcher's fluttery key clicks test the stone walls for echoes, Dörner's low sustained tones and unpitched valve-breathing measure the room's wavelength, and Charles' delicate high singing lines trace the resonance of its architecture.  You can hear them listening to the space they play in, hear their understanding of it taking shape, and their intertwined pitches create celestial choirs of overtones singing high in the chapel above them." -- Dan Warburton, from the liner notes

This disc comes with our Highest Recommendation.

5 tracks in 52:50 minutes

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