Jonah Parzen-Johnson
Being a musician is about a lot of different things. I’m a musician. I play baritone saxophone. That’s one of the things. I write once a month about the other ones.
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When does a memory become a story? (opens the original)
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Hi, it’s me, Jonah, the baritone saxophonist. Remember?Before I dive into my subject of the moment, I want to offer the relevant news that I’ve got a new live album with Lau Nau coming out in October on We Jazz Records. It’s coming as a digital release and as a double CD (compact disc/digital music frisbee) with our 2025 studio album, A Few We Remember. You can stream a track and consider pre-ordering a CD here: In a moment of FOMO, I recently tried to create a robot version of myself by feeding
The Reason You Haven’t Heard From Me (opens the original)
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Hi, it’s me, Jonah, the baritone saxophonist. Remember?It would be fair if you didn’t. It started with a skipped month, which led to another, and another. When I look back, I can see that you haven’t heard from me much for a while. I feel ok about it. This isn’t a “I promise I’ll write more email”. In my lifetime, really my adult life, we’ve gone from speaking to texting to posting, and along the way we started to expect everyone to have something to say. About everything. All the time. Now, I k
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