🎷 The Vermont-based jazz virtuoso explores the cosmos with a nine-piece ensemble. 🎷
The Spotlight shines On Vermont-based saxophonist, composer, and arranger Brian McCarthy. Brian joins us on the occasion of his most recent project, AFTER|LIFE, released back in late May, just a few days after we recorded this talk.
AFTER|LIFE is the second album of Brian’s in the nonet format as well as the second to be brought to fruition through support from the Vermont Community Foundation and the Vermont Arts Council.
Chris Pearson in The Times of London wrote, “Imagine John Coltrane's A Love Supreme driven by science rather than spirituality…while Coltrane praised God, McCarthy muses musically on death and rebirth in a cyclical cosmos and how we are all linked, down to a molecular level.”
There is a lot of concept packed into this record, and Brian guides us through it. We had some laughs, too, though, and this was a very enjoyable talk. Enjoy.
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Check out Brian McCarthy online → https://www.brianmccarthyjazz.com/
Listen to AFTER|LIFE on Bandcamp → https://trrstore.bandcamp.com/album/after-life
or on streaming platforms → https://songwhip.com/brianmccarthynonet/afterlife
Follow Brian McCarthy on Instagram → http://instagram.com/bmackjazz
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/BMackJazz
and Twitter → http://twitter.com/bmackjazz
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