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Matters of Art

The recordings from CIMP, the Creative Improvised Music Project, are outstanding for their lack of artifice—no compression, no processing—clean, straight, two microphone stereo recordings that capture the musicians’ performance as they played it. No fixes, no overdubbing, no splicing or … Continue reading

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Leaders

Some groups have a general name, others are named after the leader. It’s not particularly important, but it gives us a clue about the group’s organization, sometimes, or it suggests whether the group leans artistically egalitarian or more top-down directed. … Continue reading

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