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Charlie Kohlhase Quintet: Play Free or Die

Read "Play Free or Die" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Saxophonist Charlie Kohlhase is perhaps best known for holding down the baritone sax chair in the Boston area's under-appreciated ten man Either/Orchestra. Working now with a pianoless quintet, he's hooked up with Boxholder Records for a live double CD, Play Free or Die. A live one indeed. It's an energized set, something akin to an Ornette Coleman/Don Cherry/Dewey Redman sound, and if you approach live recordings with some trepidation – due to historically poor sound quality, absymal mixes, and irritatingly ...


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