For those unaware, called “varied and exciting,” as well as “one of the most striking baritone saxophonists,” Josh Sinton has been heard with some of the leading voices of Brooklyn’s creative music scene since arriving in 2004.

He’s led bands as varied as Predicate, musicianer and Ideal Bread as well as performing in the Nate Wooley Quintet, Anthony Braxton’s Tricentric Orchestra and Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society.

He’s studied at the AACM while living in Chicago in the nineties, the New England Conservatory in Boston in the aughts and with friends and colleagues here in NYC.

He also performs regularly on his chosen instrument the baritone saxophone as well as on bass clarinet and alto flute. He also writes music (and words) when the occasion demands and has just released his brand new recording Couloir​/​Practitioners Vol. 2 “W”.

1. Rift (3:21)
2. Scar (3:07)
3. Scission (2:23)
4. Scree (5:49)
5. Talus (4:26)
6. Thrutch (3:08)
7. Clough (2:58)
8. Arroyo (4:39)
9. Foramen (2:34)
10. Abyss (3:32)
11. Interstice (3:36)
12. Defile (5:33)
13. Gill (2:27)
14. Flume (3:04)
15. Seam (3:41)
16. Crevasse (9:09)
17. Willy-Nilly (7:00)
18. Whoosh (6:33)
19. Whoops (7:33)
20. Waterline (10:11)
21. Wrinkles (9:11)
22. Windfall (8:58)

Recorded July 19th, 20th and 24th, 2023 at Oktaven Studio, this dutifully masterful new recording opens on the jaunty Rift and the veritably translucent Scar and the proceeds to bring us the juttering Scission, the rhythmically divine Scree, the impassioned Talus, before unleashing the forceful Thrutch, the cautiously weaving Clough, the soulful Arroyo, and then come the playfully perky Foramen, the aching yearn within Abyss and the smooth-grooved Interstice.

Along next is the furtively cautious Defile and the inquisitive Gill and then come the ethereal Flume, the warm embrace within Seam, the stoically crafted Crevasse, which are in turn backed seamlessly by the aptly-named Willy-Nilly, a beautiful staggered hipsway found within Whoosh and the euphorically-driven Whoops, the album rounding out on the melodic, ten minute Waterline, closing on the curiously-curated Wrinkles and the emphatic nature of Windfall.

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