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EABS: Discipline Of Sun Ra
by Chris May
Poland's future-jazz collective EABS brightened up summer 2020 with Erozje (Astigmatic), made by a breakout quartet going under the name Bloto. Those musicianskeyboardist Marek Pedziwiatr, saxophonist Olaf Wegier, electric bassist Pawel Stachowiak and drummer Marcin Rak--return to the mothership for Discipline Of Sun Ra, EABS' fifth studio album, on which they are joined by trumpeter Jakob Kurek and percussionist Spisek Jednego. Poland has form as a crucible of world class jazz stretching back to the mid 1950s ...
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by Chris May
Look closely and the sleeve art resembles a painting by Ghariokwu Lemi for one of Fela Kuti's 1970s albums with Afrika 70. In the foreground, policemen beat citizens to the ground. In the background, another policeman leads someone off to a paddy wagon. Only the policemen's mobile phones locate the scenario in more recent times. Could it be Minneapolis, June 2020? Anyway, once you are past the dreamy soundscape of opening track Kaluze," with its suggestion of ...
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