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Joel Newton Situation: Crying and Laughing
by Donald Elfman
How about this--a band that works together regularly, playing music that is an astounding mix of free and composed with dashes of dance, minimalism and group improvisation? Guitarist Joel Newton is the composer here, and he has done up half-a-dozen ways for his band members to show off their best stuff as well as to give life to his rich creations. Let us direct listeners first to the gorgeous New Day. It's a hymn, it seems, to ...
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