Bill Nittler's Last Musical Testament

The Edgewood Saxophone Trio was a jazz-based ensemble based in Atlanta. We played our first gig in 2013 and our last in 2021. The group has now moved into the past tense due to the passing of our rock, baritone saxophonist Bill Nittler.

When we lost Bill, it became extremely important to me to finish and issue the Trio's long-awaited second album. I spent hours editing the existing studio material for side one of the LP. Some high-quality recordings from a live broadcast on Atlanta radio station WREK provided three of the tracks on side two. The final track is a special one – a live recording from our favorite gig ever: a 2015 concert at Atlanta's Trinity House. The recordings have been expertly mastered by Chris Griffin of Griffin Mastering.

Your donation will help offset the expense of producing the record, which will be called "Heard." A $20 donation will reserve a copy of the record, shipped to your U.S. address. (That $20 represents the retail price of the record plus shipping, so your donation is effectively a preorder.) If you donate $30, you will also receive the EST's first album, "Snake Nation," in CD or download format - or any other item on my Bandcamp site . For each additional $10 you donate, you can choose one other record, CD, or download from the site.

The timeline for issuing the album depends on the pressing plant, but we expect to have the records in hand sometime in the summer of 2023.

Here's a short sample of the music from "Heard."

Thank you for your consideration. We think that "Heard" will be a worthy tribute to the memory of our friend Bill Nittler.