CD Review: Ted Nash’s ‘Presidential Suite’

CD Review: Ted Nash’s ‘Presidential Suite’
Ted Nash. motema.com
Barry Bassis
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Ted Nash has distinguished himself as a saxophonist and as a Grammy-nominated composer-arranger. For 18 years he has been a member of Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC), and Wynton Marsalis has expressed awe at Nash’s virtuosity.

In 2014, JALC commissioned a large-scale work from Nash, and the result is now available in a two-CD set from the impressive Motéma Music label: “Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom.”

Nash is unusually inventive in his approach to the material.
Barry Bassis
Barry Bassis
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Barry has been a music, theater, and travel writer for over a decade for various publications, including Epoch Times. He is a voting member of the Drama Desk and the Outer Critics Circle, two organizations of theater critics that give awards at the end of each season. He has also been a member of NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association)
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