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Michael Blake: Afro Blake
ByThe hooky signature bass lines of Ben Allison and afrobeat guitar of Tony Scherr ignite Matt Wilson's and Mauro Refosco's propulsion of a horn section (including Steven Bernstein, Ron Horton and Peck Allmond) which manages to combine the torrid sounds from Fela Kuti's legendary Shrine with Duke Ellington's jungle sound. Then Marcus Rojas lifts off andto use Blake's own wordshim and Briggan Krauss sandstorm the village, while the brass section continues to act like a tour guide to post-modern jazz. Then Allison and Scherr co-pilot this groove airliner back from Lagos to JFK.
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