NEW SOUNDS: #4451, Music by Sax Player/Composers (Mostly)
NEW SOUNDS: #4451, Music by Sax Player/Composers (Mostly)
BY JOHN SCHAEFER
“Composer and saxophonist Matthew Evan Taylor is in his own words,
“ musician who composes; a composer who performs; a performer who improvises. I am all of these things and more. The Unheard Mixtapes are my manifesto.”
Now an Assistant Professor of Music in Vermont, he’s a southern kid, whose musical experience runs the gamut from playing sax in a jazz way, to keyboards in a popular rock band, to composing, looping, and improvising music. Hear his “Serenade for Earnestine” (named for his Grandmamá) from the fourth of five in his series of Unheard MixTapes (2020), commissioned by Metropolis Ensemble, which he describes as “Spontaneous,” “Flexible,” and “Intentional.” (Composer’s statement)”