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Mace Francis Plus 11: Isolation Emancipation
by Jack Bowers
After a brief pause to accommodate Covid-19 restrictions, Australian composer and arranger Mace Francis is backwith a brand new musical wardrobe, a new axe (trombone) and a pared-down ensemble reminiscent of the classic Art Pepper + Eleven album (with arrangements by Marty Paich) from 1960. Like that earlier album, Isolation Emancipation was written with Paich in mindthis is by and large light-hearted, happy music reminiscent of the West Coast cool wave" of well over half a century ago, and quite ...
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