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The Tim Davies Big Band: Epic
by Jack Bowers
I must confess to some degree of apprehension when asked to review a “big band with turntables” whose “loops and synths” were “programmed by Ben Davis.” To paraphrase Shakespeare, such an enterprise doth not usually augur well. And indeed, there are moments on drummer Tim Davies’ album, Epic, especially on “Iron Chef Big Band” or “Chocolate Requiem,” when the Bard seems utterly prescient. Happily, there are many others on which the “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” miss their mark ...
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