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Kingcake: Kingcake

by Jim Santella
September 1, 2000

What a combination! Tuba, alto saxophone and percussion. The trio adds harmonica on five tracks for a wider scope, but the impression is a lasting one: three outcats swinging on a star and creating aural landscapes. Tunes dedicated to people, places and great ideas leave no doubt when the music swings.

Similar in aim to the AACM, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy, Kingcake plays free and loose. They interact with considerable cohesion; like longtime friends ...

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