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Title: Clarence Penn anyone?
Review: 1. I have no problem with the instrumentation or aesthetic choices made here; I'm down with this "sell-out."2. I'm really digging Clarence Penn, whom I had never heard of until I got home with this disc. (Kudos to the recording engineer.)3. It took me a couple of listens to notice (duh!) the "Boplicity" passage in "Penelope." I don't know, I just like clever references like this (a bit less obvious than Dexter Gordon's manner of quoting).4. It would be a crime for Douglas not to record this band live. Keith and Miles aren't the only artists deserving of live boxed sets.5. 5 stars is for 'Kind of Blue' or the Blanton-Webster Band; 4 stars is for a gem like this. Four and a half, actually.
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