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free jazz
Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians during ...
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Members
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Tom Bruno
Thomas Michael Bruno (born January 26, 1953) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He played parts of four seasons in the majors from until for the Kansas Ci ...
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drum
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saxophone
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Matt Heyner
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*Matt (name), people with the given name ''Matt'' or Matthew, meaning "gift from God", or the surname Matt
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double bass
The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...
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Sabir Mateen
Sabir Mateen (born April 16, 1951) is an American musician and composer from Philadelphia. His musical style is primarily avant-garde jazz. He plays tenor and alto saxophone, B♭ and alto clarinet, and flute.
As a young man, Mateen was origi ...
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saxophone
The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...
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Discography
* ''Ahead!'' (Eremite, 1998)
* ''Test'' (AUM Fidelity, 1999)
* ''Live'' (Eremite, 2000)
* ''Always Coming from the Love Side'' (Eremite, 2016)
* ''Test and Roy Campbell'' (577 Records , 2020)
References
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American jazz ensembles
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