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Evan Parker: Deciphering the Noise
by Henry Cooke
Imagine for a moment that the average jazz enthusiast is similar to a competent swimmer: safe within the confines of their local pool they're comfortable, perhaps a little brash.Individual lanes silently determine your path whilst lifeguards monitor your tempo with their special brand of overprotective nonchalance. Even the reassuring sting of chlorine serves as a constant reminder, protection from the unpleasant, the random.Now pluck this unsuspecting musical metaphor from the familiar embrace of the community pool ...
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