SHABASON, JOSEPH
ANNE EP (WESTERN VINYL)
The Anne, EP is the afterword to Joseph Shabason's acclaimed 2018 harmonic suite Anne, through which he examined and processed his mother's struggle with Parkinson's disease.
Employing a small supporting cast that includes vocalist Dan Bejar (Destroyer) and guitarist Thomas Gill (Owen Pallett), Anne, EP spotlights the Toronto saxophonist as he builds empathic tropospheres of woodwinds and synthesizers, deepening the sentiment established by the EP's companion album.
In doing so, Shabason further cements jazz, ambient sound design, and new age revivalism into a timely new genre all his own.