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CHET DOXAS

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ardly a novice as a leader or sideman, Montreal-based tenor saxophonist, occasional bass clarinetist, and composer Chet Doxas has rarely received his flowers. Viewed through the lens of lyrical early-’60s Wayne Shorter, the improv-heavy , and his co-leadership of Dave Douglas’ quartet stick out.

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