Internationally acclaimed for both his solo and ensemble music performed, Dutch multi-wind player Ab Baars presents a studio album of solo playing on the clarinet, saxophone, and shakuhachi, inspired by and focusing on the traditions of ballads from great saxophonists, with improvisations colored by songs like "Naima", "Body and Soul", "Solitude", &c.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2018 Country: Netherlands Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold Recorded at Studio Helmbreker, in Haarlem, Holland, on August 21st and 22nd, 2017, by Micha de Kanter.
"Since I first started making music I listened extensively to ballads that were being played by the great saxophonists. These inspiring examples became part of my playing, my sound, my language. This CD is a salute to that tradition".-Ab Baars