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experimental big band

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End of experimental big band

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Recent developments in the experimental big band genre include new performances of Anthony Braxton’s Thunder Music by Kyoko Kitamura, a reissue of the 1960s Boston garage psych album Waleeco by Flat Earth Society via Guerssen, and the release of Marty Ehrlich’s Open Air, a comprehensive recording of Julius Hemphill’s saxophone quartet works. Additional coverage features reviews of Myra Melford, Otomo Yoshihide, and Camila Nebbia, tributes to Hemphill by Ehrlich and Berne, and archival material involving Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, and Cecil Taylor.

Seen in 40 outlets, tracked since July 2022

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