Tangos y Serenatas is a disc featuring the talents of saxophonist Alan Durst paired with acoustic guitarist Corey Whitehead in a program of mostly new works (Astor Piazzolla's suite Histoire du Tango is the only exception). Durst and Whitehead teamed up at California State University at Fresno in 2003 and have played as a team ever since. One might not automatically think saxophone and guitar would make for a particularly idiomatic combination, but whether it is or not, Durst and Whitehead's dedication and teamwork make it ...
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Tangos y Serenatas is a disc featuring the talents of saxophonist Alan Durst paired with acoustic guitarist Corey Whitehead in a program of mostly new works (Astor Piazzolla's suite Histoire du Tango is the only exception). Durst and Whitehead teamed up at California State University at Fresno in 2003 and have played as a team ever since. One might not automatically think saxophone and guitar would make for a particularly idiomatic combination, but whether it is or not, Durst and Whitehead's dedication and teamwork make it so. Throughout Tangos y Serenatas, Durst maintains a nice variability of tone; in most instances, he aims somewhere in between the "French school" saxophone sound -- with its light and even vibrato -- and the leaner, more nasal tone favored by jazz saxophonists; sometimes Durst's playing is a little wry, in the manner of Paul Desmond. The notes are not consistently clear as to the instruments employed per piece, so here's the breakdown; the works by Benjamin Boone, Mark Carlson,...
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