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Puma: Half Nelson Courtship
by John Kelman
It's becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with all the cross-pollination going on in Norway. Take the members of noise improv rockers Puma. Keyboardist Øystein Moen is a current member of Jaga Jazzist, a group on the comeback trail with its first release in five years, One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune, 2010). Guitarist Stian Westerhus--who was recruited by JJ at the same time as Moen--has since left the progressive jazz/rockers to focus, in addition to heavy touring with trumpeter Nils Petter ...
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