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Interestingly, nobody has recorded any of Xero’s music, which is a real shame as his tunes are frankly amazing

JAZZ

Xero Slingsby, the anarchic spirit of British jazz

onny Rollins, known as the ‘Saxophone Colossus’ famously practised for hours on the Williamsburg Bridge in New York, vying to be heard over roadworks and urban din. On the streets of Leeds in the 1980s a gifted sax player called Matthew Coe attempted to hone his craft in a similar fashion and found his

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