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DUX Orchestra: Duck Walks Dog (With Mixed Results)

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The cover of the 1994 archival recording Duck Walks Dog (With Mixed Results) by the DUX Orchestra presents an intriguing line up which combines American free jazzers with Swedish baritone saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. Even within the New York City contingent there is diversity, as veteran stickman Walter Perkins (who played with Sonny Rollins, Roland Kirk and Charles Mingus among many others) rubs shoulders with young drummer Susie Ibarra (in her pre-David S. Ware days), stalwart reedmen Dave Sewelson and Will ...

Album Review

Commitment: The Complete Recordings 1981/1983

Read "The Complete Recordings 1981/1983" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


La cosiddetta sessionography dei Commitment, quartetto di fama inversamente proporzionale al suo reale rilievo (e valore), consta di sei sedute, di fatto tre coppie, comprese fra il 1979 e l'83: due registrazioni radiofoniche (15.5.1979 e 23.4.1982, quest'ultima con orchestra aggiunta), due audience recordings (29.2.1980 e 3.8.1983) e due incisioni ufficiali, una in studio (13-14.10.1980), l'altra live (20.5.1983). ,p> Queste ultime compongono l'odierna, preziosa ristampa, recuperando i due LP originari: Commitment (tracce da 1 a 5 del primo CD, e il ...


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