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Article: Witness a ton of brass.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- January 17, 2006
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Byline: Peter Bacon
The sound of just one saxophone can be thrilling, so what will a hundred of them sound like? Peter Bacon knows where we can find out
Imagine the sound of a hundred saxophones: brash and brassy, slamming their audience back against their seats with a unified blast of breath, or calling clearly from streets away in a marching band.
And now banish those thoughts, and replace them with the faint sounds of raindrops, the distant whistle of the wind, and perhaps a flock of geese far up and away above the horizon.
For it is ...