Saxophonist, Songwriter and Producer Michael Lington has been topping the Contemporary Jazz charts and winning many awards for over 2 decades with his 11 albums and hundreds of live shows.
Soul music really spoke to him at an early age, and Michael’s playing can be described as a mixture of King Curtis and Earl Bostic, with a serving of Dave Koz, a smattering of David Sanborn and you have Michael Lington.
In addition to performing as a front-man, one of his specialties is performing with great singers, such as Bobby Caldwell and Randy Crawford.
His brand new album, and first Christmas album, A Foreign Affair Christmas, features a Who’s Who of artists, such as Dave Koz, Vince Gill, Rick Braun and others. It’s a unique album with some twists to some classic songs from all over the world.
In this show, we talked about
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Michael’s background in Copenhagen, Denmark
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How he gets his amazing full tone and his influences
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How listening to singers helped him create melodies
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His interesting variation on long tones that brings his tone to the next level
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The most important thing to work on in your practice routine
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Advice he received from James Moody
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His songwriting approach to his new Christmas album, and how he performed one of the tracks in 1 take
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The priceless advice he got from touring with Barry Manilow
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His thoughts on equipment and reeds
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And more
You can find Michael on social media:
Website: www.michaellington.com
On Twitter and Instagram: @LingtonSax
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
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I am just getting to this one. I really enjoyed this interview — Michael was another new saxophone voice to me…he is so insightful and so real about what he does, what his “limits” were/are, and also gave some good practice tips. Was there a video done of this one? I looked a bit but don’t see it so perhaps not. Most times I like to have a look at the video as well. Thank you.