It's great to be a working musician, and Witham never has to worry about being out of work. But until last year, his recorded output consisted of one album: On Line, a self-released effort recorded in 1988.
Two decades is not a short time between albums. And no matter how capable a musician is as a sideman, writing and performing music as a bandleader is, well, different. Witham's good enough a player to do any music--but what kind of music is David Witham" music?
AAJ Contributing Editor Paul Olson spoke with Witham in detail about the recording of his 2007 Cryptogramophone release, Spinning the Circle, the life of a sideman and moving from playing with Cryptogramophone head/violinist Jeff Gauthier's left-of-center Goatette to being in the pit band for The Lion King and Wicked.
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