USA: David Bixler-In the Face of Chaos (feat. Rogério Boccato, Jon Cowherd, & Ike Sturm) (2019)

In the Face of Chaos represents an artistic reemergence for alto saxophonist and composer David Bixler. A traumatic brain injury suffered by his youngest son necessitated a shift in Bixler’s priorities for much of the last decade-a period in which his family devoted much of its energy to the circumstances of its youngest member. However, this past year Bixler made a conscious decision to re-enter the realm of creative music, but with a perspective gracefully changed and informed by his family’s circumstances. In the Face of Chaos is his first recording in five years, and the debut from his newly formed band, Bixler, Boccato, Cowherd and Sturm.