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Dexter Gordon: "You know, in the life of every tenor player there always comes a moment of fear. And that is when the tenor player must play Body and Soul." Crazy Bent Brass Tube is a blog about saxophones, jazz, and creative improvised music containing rants and occasional wisdom, original performances, reviews, interviews, gig notices, and links to helpful and interesting resources.

Friday, 12 June 2015

Ornette Has Left the Planet

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Sad day if somewhat inevitable. Ornette Coleman passed yesterday in New York, aged 85. I can't think of anything profound to say about...
Thursday, 8 January 2015

Coming to America (Shola Version, 2015)

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I just heard from Nigerian saxophonist extraordinaire Shola Emmanuel, who is currently fulfilling a lifelong dream by travelling to the U....
Sunday, 14 December 2014

Quick Trip to Madagascar

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Deux chevaux rounds a corner in 'Tana Last week, I had the opportunity to spend a few days in one of the world’s less-visited back...
Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Remembering Keystone Korner

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Picked up the book Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club yesterday, although I still have trouble calling any e-version a proper book....
Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Jackie Hits the Daily Mail

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Not quite music, but Jackie's first month at St. Andrews has been memorialized in the UK tabloid The Daily Mail :
Friday, 10 October 2014

Keep Calm and Listen to Jazz

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Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Shola Emmanuel - Paris Recording Session

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I awoke in the middle of the night to a rooster call from my fancy new hand phone, a call from an excited Shola Emmanuel announcing that h...
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