Roy Nathanson has been the saxophonist, co-leader and principle composer of the Jazz Passengers for 17 years. During this time he's written and co-written a lot of odd and beautiful songs for a variety of wonderful singers including Elvis Costello, Debbie Harry, Jimmy Scott, Jon Kelley and Mavis Staples. He's always hoped to re-arrange these songs and figure out a way to perform them with a small ensemble.
When he met and played with bassist Tim Kiah, he was sure that this was the guy to do it with…