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Mat Marucci & Markus Burger: Genesis

by Clifford Allen
February 3, 2005

Mat Marucci and Markus Burger Genesis Cadence 2004

Like a quote worked into a freewheeling improvisation, sometimes the real grounding for a piece (or pieces) of music is the players involved. Whatever direction the improvisation takes, the arisal of a constant provides a ground or context for the art at hand. Take, for instance, Eric Dolphy's lengthy bass clarinet improvisation on “Softly As In a Morning Sunrise," at a University of Illinois ...