Video of the Day: saxophonist Tobias Meinhart shares ‘White Bear’ from new album The Painter

For saxophonist Tobias Meinhart, the creation of music shares much in common with creation in the visual arts. Both musicians and visual artists speak of and deal in colours, hues and textures in their compositional processes, and this is something Meinhart experiences simultaneously via his near synesthetic visualizations as he performs and hears music. His new recording, The Painter, presents his recent work of diverse, virtuosic but heartfelt pieces, which the saxophonist hopes will “brighten the world's canvas”.

The ensemble that Meinhart assembled to record this new album consists of a number of the saxophonist's favourite collaborators, including pianist Eden Ladin, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Obed Calvaire. Since his recent release and collaboration with Kurt Rosenwinkel on his album Berlin People (Sunnyside 2018), Meinhart has been drawn to the sound of guitar, thus the addition of his neighbour and friend, Charles Altura.

These musicians, in this and similar configurations, have been the saxophonist's regular associates on stages like the 55 Bar and Birdland in New York City over the past two years.

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