Described by the label as “a tonal essay on degenerative illness,” Anne weaves interviews of Shabason’s mother as she struggles with Parkinson disease across nine jazz-hued compositions. “Snippets of such conversations see her taking on something like a narrator role across Anne while the sound of her voice itself is sometimes effected to become a musical texture entwined into the fabric of the songs without always being present or audible.” Inspired by, and subverting, the aesthetic sheen of late ’80s jazz, as well as drawing on the Fourth World recordings of Jon Hassell, Anne als… read more
Described by the label as “a tonal essay on degenerative illness,” Anne weaves interviews of Shabason’s mother as she struggles with Parkinson diseas… read more
Described by the label as “a tonal essay on degenerative illness,” Anne weaves interviews of Shabason’s mother as she struggles with Parkinson disease across nine jazz-hued compositions.… read more
Joseph Shabason is a Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist (sax, flute, clarinet, keys), composer and recording artist. He graduated as a saxophone major from the University of Toronto Jazz Performance program in 2006 and shortly after started playing in rock bands. In 2008 he started to play, record and tour in the bands Destroyer, The War On Drugs, Andre Ethier and DIANA. Two of the albums that he played on (Kaputt and Poison Season) have been shortlisted for the Polaris Prize and the self-titled album from his own band DIANA has been long-listed for the Polaris. Kaputt was voted th… read more
Joseph Shabason is a Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist (sax, flute, clarinet, keys), composer and recording artist. He graduated as a saxophone major from the University of Toronto Jazz P… read more
Joseph Shabason is a Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist (sax, flute, clarinet, keys), composer and recording artist. He graduated as a saxophone major from the University of Toronto Jazz Performance program in 2006 and shortly after s… read more