Unity Band Digital MP3 Album sfccBundleProduct

Unity Band Digital MP3 Album sfccBundleProductFor the first time since his 1980 release 80 81, Metheny has recorded with a band that features tenor saxophone. Unity Band introduces a new Metheny ensemble of the same name with Chris Potter on sax and bass clarinet, longtime collaborator Antonio Sanchez on drums, and the up and coming Ben Williams on bass. The album features nine new Metheny compositions, "each one exquisitely performed and uniquely absorbing," says the Observer. All About Jazz

The New York Times noted that “Bulgarian music leaves few listeners unmoved

"but his version also has the liveliness that improvising musicians sometimes can bring to written material

" says theGuardian

improvisational jazz

Longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars created the libretto

here performing works by Varèse

limited and individually numbered

" says NPR: "a timeless African sound reconfigured ever so slightly for the electronic age

this 12" includes "Crystalline" and an instrumental version of the song

" "An outstanding set

returned in 1993 with The Music of Mickey Katz

The 12-track duets album features songs written by Crowell as well as interpretations of songs by Hank DeVito