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Tangria Jazz Group: Mebane's Eleven: Tunes for Two
by C. Michael Bailey
The Tangria Jazz Group is ostensibly a jazz piano trio made up of brainiacs from all over the map.
Drummer and composer Dr. Sheryl Mebane is an environmental chemist, bassist Justin Hellman is a product of the music department at the University of California, Berkeley where keyboardist Simon Rochester is currently conducting physics research.
So, what type of jazz does such a brainy bunch produce? Surprisingly, it is quite mainstream and straight-ahead. There are some sharp turns however, so listeners ...
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