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Building from the Bottom

hose who are only familiar with bassist Martin Wind’s jazz credentials—both as a leader and as a first-call sideman for Bill Mays, Dena DeRose, Ken Peplowski, Ann Hampton Callaway, and numerous other A-listers—may be surprised to hear him showcase Baroque bona fides on the bookends of his latest release: two different performances of J.S. Bach’s “Air.” But a broad embrace of classical music is of and constructing his own , a concerto for double bass and orchestra.

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