Alto saxophonist Mace Hibbard will bring his quartet to the Dunwoody home of Janet Stevenson this Sunday for April's SOJA house concert. Below, read Hibbard's thoughts about a variety of topics (answers given during an interview for a Creative Loafing story).
On playing classical saxophone repertoire:
"I just don’t do much of that anymore, which I sort of miss, as strange as that sounds. It’s a whole lot more fun for the player than it is for the listener — kind of like free jazz."
On Atlanta's jazz status:
"I’ve had a lot of people, when I’ve been playing outside of the city in Savannah or Hilton Head, they’ll come up and say, Where are you guys from? I’ll say, Atlanta, and they’ll say, Well, where do you play? They have no idea where the jazz clubs are."
On labels:
"I enjoy playing tenor a lot more than I get to play it. Musicians tend to say, you’re an alto player, you’re a tenor player, whatever. I’ve always fought against that because I really enjoy playing all of them."
Mace Hibbard Quintet. Sunday; 5 p.m. $25. E-mail Dan Turner at DLTurner@Bellsouth.net for more information.
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