Sounds Like Now

Press

Some of my reviews:

“An inventive musician . . . fresh and surprising . . . vividly lyrical.”
Allan Kozinn, The New York Times

“Sharp new music saxophonist.”
Steve Smith, Time Out New York

“Miller Theater is not kidding around with a Brian Sacawa saxophone recital.”
Alex Ross, The Rest Is Noise

“New music should be grateful to have Brian Sacawa in its corner.”
Jed Distler, The Gramophone

“Inspired saxophonist Brian Sacawa.”
Daniel Ginsberg, The Washington Post

“Brilliant saxophonist.”
Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun

“Frank Oteri’s Spurl, a premiere, charismatically dispatched by alto saxophonist Brian Sacawa.”
Matthew Guerrieri, The Boston Globe

“Sacawa’s playing was consistently intense and energetic . . . just sensational.”
David Salvage, Sequenza21

“Among the standouts . . . Brian Sacawa’s prismatic performance of the alternately piercing and whispering Sequenza IXb for alto sax.”
Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun

“An amazing new music saxophonist.”
Charles Amirkhanian, Director of Other Minds Festival

“Alexandra Gardner’s Tourmaline surrounded the saxophonist Brian Sacawa’s graceful lines and flutters with bustling electronic counterpoint and ghostly echoes.”
Steve Smith, The New York Times

“The languid, stylish saxophone playing of Brian Sacawa . . . [stood out] in an excellent, resourceful chamber ensemble.”
Lawrence Budmen, Music & Vision (Miami, FL)

“Another notable newcomer was saxophonist Brian Sacawa, whose work on soprano, alto, and tenor sax was strikingly beautiful.”
Seth Williamson, The Roanoke Times

“American Voices is, without doubt, a CD you need. The performances by Mr. Sacawa are amazing and the music selected is equally so. This is music that every sax player you know needs to perform and that every music listener you know needs to hear.”
Jay Batzner, Sequenza 21

“Brian Sacawa exhibits and strong and vibrant sound . . . a master of his instrument.”
Paul Wagner, The Saxophone Journal

“Brian Sacawa’s American Voices makes an excellent case for Sacawa’s skill as a player, but it also provides insight to the wide variety of options that composers are making available to artists of his caliber and specially developed talents. Rest assured, with players like Brian Sacawa on the scene, guys like John Harle should be running scared.”
Uncle Dave Lewis, AllMusic Guide

“Brian Sacawa brings a balance of thoughtful energy and honest interpretation that brings out flattering details of this living body of music.”
Devin Hurd, Hurd Audio (Review of American Voices)

“Brian Sacawa gives no quarter.”
Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International

” . . . a player so skilled in the art of extreme saxophonics that he makes the employment of robot musicians pointless.”
Kalvos & Damian’s New Music Bazaar, WGDR FM 91.1

Critic’s Choice for Classical Music
Baltimore CityPaper (2002)