David Binney, Jeff Hirshfield

Marked by an adventurous, harmonically fluid style, alto saxophonist/composer David Binney is an award-winning jazzman whose grasp of tradition flourishes inside a vision focused firmly on the future. Since releasing Point Game, his 1991 leader debut, he has played on hundreds of records, and led or co-led more than 30 others. While he records for several labels, Binney founded the Mythology label in 1998 for releasing his most adventurous recordings. They include 2006's Out of Airplanes and 2009's Third Occasion. The winner of three Down Beat Critics Polls for alto saxophone,...