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Title: Modern Big Band Jazz
Review: A good recording by some of the best talent in Downtown jazz. The musical line-up is not what you normally see in a band what with the tubas, dumbeks, cello, and French horn - and they all get their chance to solo. Also features Chris Speed, Cuong Vu, Andy Laster, Matt Darriau, Andrew D'Angelo - some of the best brass or woodwind players working. Overall, the arrangements have a European bent; for a contrast Julius Hemphill's big band used a similar orchestration and the results had just as much elegance but a little more swagger. "Hold the Elevator" also contains the shortest recorded version of Tim Berne's "Bloodcount", clocking in at a mere 14:30.Recommeded to fans of Tim Berne, Chris Speed, Dave Douglas, etc...
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