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Exploration

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: Exploration; Monk in Wonderland; Love and Hate; New Africa: Queen Tamam, New Africa, Black Call, Ethiopian Market; When? Frankenstein; Excursion; Sonny's Back!

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Grachan Moncur III Octet: Exploration

Read "Exploration" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


"Frankenstein" seems an odd name for a jazz tune, but then why not? The song title--and the song itself--captures the mood of Grachan Moncur III's Exploration. It's an arrangement that features an assertive--to the point of brashness, perhaps--ensemble interplay of a seven horns backed by bass and drums, sans piano or guitar. Two trombones, along with ...

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Grachan Moncur III Octet: Exploration

Read "Exploration" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Trombonist and composer Grachan Moncur III made a memorable impact forty years ago with his challenging compositions and austere improvising style. He then maintained a very low profile for decades, teaching, recording only rarely, and encountering dental problems. Now he's made a welcome return to recording with the absolutely stunning CD Exploration. In the ...

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Grachan Moncur III Octet: Exploration

Read "Exploration" reviewed by John Kelman


It's remarkable how time changes the relative position of musical innovation. When trombonist Grachan Moncur III appeared on the scene with a series of Blue Note appearances including his own Evolution and Some Other Stuff , as well as alto saxophonist Jackie McLean's One Step Beyond , Destination...Out! , Hipnosis and About Soul , thankfully reissued ...

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Exploration

Label: AVG Records
Released: 1996
Track listing: Oppression, JAH, Your Love, Peace for any Nation, Twilight, Interlude #2, Thought, Rain Forest

Album

Exploration

Label: Repertoire Records
Released: 1983


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