Abstraction and accessibility isn't an easy match, but alto saxophonist Sarah Manning weds the two with fine results on Dandelion Clock. Manning's desire to create "a working, stable group that ...

There are lots of Dandelion clocks around at present and they are objects of great natural beauty, design and perfection. The first attractive quality of the Dandelion clock is its down-soft, puffy, ...

It takes a long time for the delightful shock of first hearing Sarah Manning's emphatic, almost blasé, voice—rich, tunefully accented and almost bronzed, as full as a sudden blast of sunshine. The ...