Blurb:

Bernie McGann, Kim Sanders and Tony Gorman1 are three Australian saxophonists
with distinctive sounds. I will analyse and discuss a composition and improvisation from a seminal recording by each saxophonist: McGann’s ‘Playground’, Sanders’s ‘Gnome
Chomsky’s Deep Focus Boogie-Woogie’ and Gorman’s ‘Spice Island’, supported
by material from interviews with the saxophonists where available. My objective is not to compare the relative merits of each saxophonist, but to identify some of the key factors in the conception, development and realization of their expressive identity.