Saxophonist and composer David Bindman creates works that combine many elements: that draw on the motion of dance, that explore the complexity of melody and time unbound, and that have improvisation at the core. His work can be heard on the recordings The Way of the Saxophone (innova) and Far Side of Here (Omnitone) by the Brooklyn Sax Quartet, and BloodDrumSpirit: Live in China (innova), among many others. His compositions have been described as "virtuosic" (Downbeat), "complex and visionary" (All Music Guide), and "truly a merging of wide sounds" (Cadence). David's new suites explore many aspects of time: the process of merging "old and new" musical forms, rhythmic cycles and permutations influenced by the musics of West Africa, India, and around the globe, and autobiographical experiences of waking into an often unrecognizable world (the self-described "Rip Van Winkle effect"). David and the colleagues with whom he collaborates are dedicated to doing music that connects with people on an immediate emotional as well as conceptual level, that offers a space to reflect, and that speak to issues of justice, peace, and sustainability. [more]

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