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Night Set is award-winning concert saxophonist Matthew Younglove's first solo recording. He is joined by pianist Liz Ames and saxophonist Jeffrey Heisler. The album gets it's name from it's namesake composition by Gregory Wanamaker. The time of 'night' has fascinated and inspired humanity for as long as we have recorded history, from the fear of the dark to myths and beliefs in increased spiritual presence in the darkest hours of the evening. Night brings a time of darkness, the absence of light, which triggers the human imagination creating complex and powerful emotions. This album contains six late 20th and 21st century works by the contemporary composers Caleb Burhans, Marilyn Shrude, Gregory Wanamaker, Michael Rene Torres, and Girard Kratzt that explore various aspects of nighttime: dreams, shadows, darkness, dawn, quiet, monsters, and spirits.