benjamin damann - "long is a year to one who waits"
benjamin damann - long is a year to one who waits
damann's solo is a vibrant work, somewhere between a jazz master's improvised solo and an exploration into the wide-ranging timbres of the saxophone.
long is a year to one who waits is a lively work for solo saxophone premiered at New Music Mosaic's "Timbre Vol. 1: Growth/Decay" virtual concert. benjamin damann combines his love of jazz and contemporary classical music to create a work with intricate implied harmonies, rhythmic intensity, and purposeful extended techniques which add to rather than subtract from the music. It is difficult to create an unaccompanied work which really 'grooves', but damann's piece successfully allows the audience to feel the music (listen to the performance here).
Nick Ortiz, saxophonist, further lends his skills as a player to the variety of idioms presented by damann. long is a year to one who waits is heavily complimented by the fact that Ortiz is an accomplished jazz and classical performer, who enables the work to truly shine. damann's solo is a vibrant work, somewhere between a jazz master's improvised solo and an exploration into the wide-ranging timbres of the saxophone.
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