The Westerlies – “New Berlin, New York”

A few weeks back we shared “Saro,” a lovely ballad by genre-agnostic brass quartet the Westerlies arranged by Nico Muhly and Sam Amidon. Today the band is back with another fascinating exercise in traditional revision, an original composition called “New Berlin, New York.” Trombonist Andy Clausen wrote the music after seeing a striking photo of […]

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