Shawn Maxwell

Shawn Maxwell – Expectation and Experience (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:11 minutes | 870 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazzline

Seventeen compositions written during a global pandemic. Recorded remotely – thirty musicians, individually, most in their own homes. A lot happened during this year, personally, professionally, nationally, globally. This music represents my thoughts on and reactions to these events: 2020 in hindsight.

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Shawn Maxwell – Millstream (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:12 minutes | 890 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazzline

A spirited free-thinker and committed non-conformist, saxophonist-composer Shawn Maxwell is clearly courting another kind of muse. “Jackie McLean and Cannonball Adderley are two of my heroes, and I guess you probably wouldn’t even think of it listening to me play. But I’ve transcribed them and been influenced hugely by them. I love Cannonball. But I’m not gonna be Cannonball.”

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