Pictures of Motion is an impressive mix of ethno-innovative aesthetics, integrating elements of ambient, hiphop, minimalism, swing, acid, improv, and even Balkan processional music! This unique music for layered alto saxophones builds on the concepts Field introduced on Subterranea, his critically-acclaimed debut 1996 solo CD on O.O. Discs.

Tracks, including two of Field’s pieces for Sesame Street (!), were recorded in Seattle and Boston with multi-instrumentalist Amy Denio, Living Daylights’ leader/saxophonist Jessica Lurie, Club D’Elf bassist Mike Rivard, and others. The CD features liner notes by WNYC Music Director/New Sounds host John Schaefer.

Ken Field is a saxophonist, flautist, percussionist, and composer. Since 1988 he has been a member of the internationally celebrated electrified modern music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, with whom he has recorded three CDs for Cuneiform. Field has performed in the US, Canada, France, Spain, and Japan, and recently completed a composing residency at the Fundacion Valparaiso in Spain.

About Field’s debut CD Subterranea:

“With references to Sun Ra, chant, trance, and saxophone quartets, Field has created something extraordinary.” —SoS Jazz

“Mysterious, chilling, and richly textured…overwhelmingly captivating.” —Saxophone Journal

“I loved it.” —John Zorn