<![CDATA[In this clip from The Tonearm Podcast, saxophonist Ben Wendel describes the moment he walked toward the Village Vanguard stage for the first time as a bandleader and how fear dissolved into what he calls a lifting, supportive energy, as if the accumulated history of the room was urging him forward.]]>

<![CDATA[In this clip from The Tonearm Podcast, saxophonist Ben Wendel describes the moment he walked toward the Village Vanguard stage for the first time as a bandleader and how fear dissolved into what he calls a lifting, supportive energy, as if the accumulated history of the room was urging him forward.]]>In this clip from The Tonearm Podcast, saxophonist Ben Wendel describes the moment he walked toward the Village Vanguard stage for the first time as a bandleader and how fear dissolved into what he calls a lifting, supportive energy, as if the accumulated history of the room was urging him forward.

Don't miss the full conversation on the latest episode of our podcast: https://podcast.thetonearm.com/ben-wendel-assembling-the-mallet-avengers-barcode-saxophone/

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