Saxophonist, Songwriter and Producer Michael Lington has been topping the Contemporary Jazz charts and winning many awards for over 2 decades with his 11 albums and hundreds of live shows. 

Soul music really spoke to him at an early age, and Michael’s playing can be described as a mixture of King Curtis and Earl Bostic, with a serving of Dave Koz, a smattering of David Sanborn and you have Michael Lington.

In addition to performing as a front-man, one of his specialties is performing with great singers, such as Bobby Caldwell and Randy Crawford. 

His brand new album, and first Christmas album, A Foreign Affair Christmas, features a Who’s Who of artists, such as Dave Koz, Vince Gill, Rick Braun and others. It’s a unique album with some twists to some classic songs from all over the world.

In this show, we talked about 

Michael’s background in Copenhagen, Denmark

How he gets his amazing full tone and his influences

How listening to singers helped him create melodies

His interesting variation on long tones that brings his tone to the next level

The most important thing to work on in your practice routine

Advice he received from James Moody

His songwriting approach to his new Christmas album, and how he performed one of the tracks in 1 take

The priceless advice he got from touring with Barry Manilow

His thoughts on equipment and reeds

And more

 

You can find Michael on social media:

Website: www.michaellington.com 

On Twitter and Instagram: @LingtonSax

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelLingtonOfficial