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Two Become One

he two bands led by Chris Lightcap, it would seem on the surface, don’t have much in common. Bigmouth—a largely acoustic affair featuring Lightcap on double bass, Craig Taborn on piano and keyboards, Tony Malaby and Chris Cheek splitting tenor saxophone duties, and Gerald Cleaver drumming—has been kicking around for well over a decade. The rock-informed Superette, an all-electric quartet—Lightcap joined by two guitarists, Jonathan Goldberger and Curtis Hasselbring, with Dan Rieser on drums—only released its debut

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