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Dave Schildkraut: Key Ingredient

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Marc Myers
Sep 30, 2020
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Alto saxophonist Dave Schildkraut didn't record a bad album. Except perhaps his own leadership session, at the tail end of his recording career in 1979. By then, he sounded coarse and tapped out. But if you look through his discography and listen to the recordings, the New York jazz sideman managed to draw only aces. There isn't a dud in the bunch. Not …

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