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Allright, so here’s something for all you free jazz lovers. A piece by one of my favorite so-called avant-garde artists, Ellery Eskelin, from his album “Ramifications”. What’s funny and interesting about it, is that there’s no doublebass or a bass guitar on that record. Instead we got Joe Daley on tuba. Now I’m not sure if you’ve heard a jazz band with tuba before, but I haven’t, and though it sounds a bit odd, Eskelin, Parkins and Black prove (not for the first time) that their attitude towards contemporary/free jazz is really fresh and that no matter whom they play with, they sound really good. Please enjoy the first composition from this album, called “Penalty Phase”.