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David Bindman saxophonist and composer |
DAVID BINDMAN, saxophonist and composer, creates works that combine many elements: drawing on the motion of dance, exploring the complexity of melody and time unbound, and emphasizing improvisation at the core. His new works, inspired by journeys of discovery and transformation and by sights and sounds close to home, merge old and new musical forms and incorporate rhythmic cycles and modalities from West Africa, India, and around the globe. Heard on the recordings The Way of the Saxophone (Innova) and Far Side of Here (Omnitone), and Blood Drum Spirit: Live in China (Innova), among many others, Bindman's work has been described as 'smart, fun, and multiculturally funky' (Alexander Varty, Georgia Straight) and 'truly a merging of wide sounds...tuneful to the last.' (Andy Bartlett, Cadence). Bindman seeks to create work that offers, in any way possible, artistic alternatives to the profit-driven imperatives that imperil life, that deny justice, and that go against the human spirit and the natural world. |
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photo by Steve Johnson |
'Jazz is at the forefront of the cultural renewal taking place in Brooklyn, and saxophonist David Bindman has been a quiet but leading force in that movement...Bindman and the ensemble imbue the spirit of enjoyment even as they adhere to an implication of social responsibility. They relate stories that are held together by collective musical memories. The ensemble's wide range of cultural appreciation is not a euphemism for world music. This is exceptionally creative jazz, at times played with great subtlety and sometimes with wild abandon.' - KARL ACKERMAN, All About Jazz
'David Bindman completes here a successful creative circle born of his curiosity to understand the world.' - SERGIO PICCIRILLI, El Intruso
'It takes a wealth of ideas and inspiration to fill two CDs and saxophonist David Bindman justifies his large-canvas approach at every step... DAVID R. ADLER, New York City Jazz Record
'...a new forceful strain of jazz.' - MIKE SHANLEY, Shanley on Music
'This self-released two-CD sextet album is his masterpiece so far... David Bindman is someone whose work you should become familiar with, because music this good needs to be shared.' - STEVE HOLTJE, Culture Catch
'Bindman's beautifully crafted and executed major statement should be a harbinger of things to come.' -- ED HAZELL, Jazziz Summer 2012 print edition
From liner notes: "In Sunset Park, Brooklyn one hears a polyphony of multiple languages, children playing, airplanes, traffic, music, and birds singing. I composed most of the music on this recording after moving to the Sunset Park neighborhood in 2006. The sounds are inspired by dreams and images of life and were only quantified during the notation process. In this music we offer paths to wander, to dance, to follow threads of imagination..." more
(L to R) David Bindman, Frank London, royal hartigan, Art Hirahara, Reut Regev, Wes Brown, Brooklyn 2012 photo by Xanyani Ephraim
Opening track from Sunset Park Polyphony...more tracks streaming on the sounds page
DB ensemble live...more on the videos page
David Bindman Ensemble, Robeson House Echoes, composition © 2010 David Bindman; musicians: David Bindman-tenor saxophone, Wes Brown-contrabass, Richard Harper-trombone, royal hartigan-drums, Frank London-trumpet, Dave Restivo-piano; video and sound recording by Scott Friedlander, editing by David Bindman; performed at Bay Ridge Library, Brooklyn, NY, April 30, 2011
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