M. Zachary Johnson, Composer

The Making of an Album

“The instruments take on an especially lyrical, singing quality,
igniting the rarely-tapped Romantic potential of the saxophone-piano combination
which Johnson has mastered.”
—Anna Franco, Music and Vision Daily

What differentiates this album from the CD Serenade: Music for Saxophone & Piano?

The Steinway Hall album is a live recording, with the unique energy of the premiere concert in the intimate setting of Steinway Hall. It has the uniquely rich sound that happens in that space.
It includes movements of my Quintet which are not part of Serenade.
The Steinway Hall album has unique artwork, photographs of the concert, and narrative liner notes.
This album is not available digitally.

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(click on the pictures below to enlarge them)

Saxophone Music of M. Zachary Johnson--Live at Steinway Hall
Steinway Hall, New York City	The concert program. We used the same design theme for the invitation and the CD.
Brian Horner	Elizabeth Wolynec-Avery
The view from the balcony	The Mannes Saxophone Quartet with Kyle Adams, piano
Javier Oviedo, Soprano Saxophone (now plays in the MZJ Ensemble) Eric Osman, Alto Saxophone	Keith Kreindler, Baritone Saxophone (now plays in the MZJ Ensemble) Christina Monaco, Tenor Saxophone
Bows	The Mannes Quartet and Kyle in a formal pose
Me, Liz and Brian at the reception after the concert	Me and Brian
Robert and Sherri Tracinski with me after the concert. Sherri designed the concert invitation and program, and later the artwork for the CD. Rob reviewed the concert and CD in TIA Daily. I especially like the painting of Beethoven being in the background.	Schuyler and Catia Chapin had helped make the concert possible. I'm very grateful to them!
Who would have thought these two were mad at me for sending them the last movement of the Sonata only two weeks before the concert?

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