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Sax player, composer and author Phillip Johnston lives in Sydney, Australia, but for many years he was a familiar figure on New York\\u2019s downtown jazz and new music scene. He cofounded the Microscopic Septet \\u2013 the band that did the theme song for the NPR show Fresh Air, led the bands Big Trouble, and the Transparent Quartet,\\xa0and was an early pioneer in writing new music for old silent films.\\xa0In fact, his book Silent Films/Loud Music,\\xa0has just come out in paperback, and\\xa0it brings Phillip and his New York gang to the studio to play\\xa0some special trio arrangements of his film music.\\xa0

Set list:\\xa0"The Unknown. Part 1: \'Men\\u2019s Hands\'", "The Mermaid", "Hydroth\\xe9rapie Fantastique"