Recording: Paul Newman and friends

Artist: Paul Newman with Karen Ng / Joe Sorbara / Heather Segger

Songs: You May Attend a Party Where Strange Customs Prevail [excerpt] / Ant Farm + The Third Language [from "Large Solo Piece no. 1"] / When I Die, Who Will Be There to Count the Rings? [excerpt]

Recorded at Array Space ("Somewhere There: Paul Newman's 50th Birthday"), January 8, 2014.

Paul Newman and Karen Ng - You May Attend a Party Where Strange Customs Prevail [excerpt]

Paul Newman and Joe Sorbara - Ant Farm + The Third Language

Paul Newman + Heather Segger - When I Die, Who Will Be There to Count the Rings? [excerpt]

Full review to follow. Tenor saxophonist Paul Newman has been celebrating his birthday for the past several years by curating a concert for Somewhere There, but for his fiftieth he pulled rank and assembled a night to play four of his larger-scale compositions, each with different accompanists. With many collaborators in the crowd, it was a befitting celebration, birthday cake included.