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Oak Birches & Klaipėda Jazz Orchestra: Bon Bon Paris

by Vitalijus Gailius
November 30, 2021

Bon Bon Paris brings together two Lithuanian collectives—free jazz trio from Kaunas, Oak Birches, and a less free collective Klaipėda Jazz Orchestra. The album has two compositions, the author of which is the Oak Birches member and one of the leading Lithuanian avant-garde musicians and composers, Arnas Mikalkėnas. Nevertheless, as linear notes state, each member of this project contributes his ideas equally, with strong sense of intellectual background and personal creativity. Before listening to this recording, it is ...