The capacity to transport people to a different place emotionally by expelling breath into a horn is rare, but we can recognize numerous examples: lifted up by the contagious joy in Clifford Brown’s “Daahoud”, immersed in a stream of cool in Miles Davis’ “All Blues”, or awakened by the piercing notes of a shofar. While the shofar lacks the melodic tones of a trumpet, it makes up for that in conveying a sense of urgency. The reasons given for the... Read more
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