Solo Saxophone Vol. 1 Live at An Die Musik

by Derrick Michaels

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Packaged in a beautiful matte finish eco wallet. I did the graphic design and layout work myself, featuring Elena Volkova's haunting tintype portraits.

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2.	Arcana 03:19	info	buy track
3.	Devotion 04:40	info	buy track
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5.	Sonder 05:23	info	buy track
6.	Chiaroscuro 10:37	info	buy track
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8.	Thay 06:26	info	buy track
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“This recording is my declaration of boundless love for the resonance and visceral beauty of the saxophone. The music documented here was performed live on October 26th, 2021, and is presented without edits or corrections of any kind.

These pieces were all improvised from scratch, exploiting a natural process of creative flow wherein the music seemed to play itself while I maintained my requisite suppleness of body and emptiness of mind. Employing a kaleidoscopic range of timbres, textures, melodies, and gestures, I expressed joy and gratitude for the intimate connections I had been developing with my nearly 100-year-old instruments.

In this state of flow, a natural balance unfolded, reconciling darkness and lightness, joy and melancholy, cacophony and silence. In tandem with the audience, I listened and reacted as the music appeared to dance and tussle between episodes of contemplative melodic probing and mercurial emotional turbulence. We always landed safe and sound — a phenomenon as reliable as the sunrise, which has never ceased to thrill and amaze me as both a performer and a listener.

In the mixing process, I favored the intimacy of my personal relationship with the sound as heard on stage, from behind the saxophone. My goal was to bring the listener on stage with me to hear each note and phrase as I heard it in the moment of conception. Beyond hearing the sounds, I wanted you to feel the horn vibrating in your body.

A vitality permeated this recording session which I owed to the presence of a live audience. This essential human exchange played an integral role in the genesis of the music, and I am deeply grateful to the friends and colleagues who brought their keen ears and open minds to the occasion. Thank you for amplifying the human element in this recording.

The listener will also notice ambient sounds on the recording that introduce the busy city streets of Baltimore into the sonic tapestry. I encourage you to welcome these sounds into the music. They contributed their own unmistakable energy to the arc of each piece, and added a sense of dimension that broadened the scope of this recording in a manner I could never have anticipated.

Thank you for listening, and I hope this music brings you peace and happiness, as it does for me.”

-Derrick Michaels (August 2022)

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released November 4, 2022

Music recorded Live at An Die Musik in Baltimore, MD by Andrew Bohman on October 26th, 2021 and mastered by Sam Torres.

Photography by Elena Volkova.

Compositions, Mixing, Production, and Graphic Design by Derrick Michaels.

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Derrick Michaels is a saxophonist and improviser based in Baltimore, MD.

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