Munn/ McAllister/ Burja/ Heyboer/ Jackson - They Were Mysterious GuestsComposer Zae Munn showcases works for alto saxophone in eclectic chamber combinations on her debut Navona Records release They Were Mysterious Guests. Ms. Munn has an ongoing interest in writing music for instruments in unusual combinations, and in texted pieces using words that are newly created, direct and, often, quite witty. Hailed by the New York Times as a "virtuoso one of the foremost saxophonists of his generation," saxophonist Timothy

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Sarah Perl and Peter Uehling present works by Antoine Forqueray and Uehling himself

He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1934 where he studied with Jean Gallon

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Jonny embraces the mess of life in all it's facets

where the music would be entirely improvised and channeled collectively