Melissa Aldana: “It’s about asking: ‘who am I, as a female from South America?’”
Hugh Morris
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
A big tarot fan, Chilean saxophonist Melissa Aldana identifies with the romantically-inclined Empress card. Hugh Morris, impressed with her latest album 12 Stars, which marks her debut for the Blue Note label, thinks she might be on to something…
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