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    Good inventions

    Apr 15, 2024 2 minutes

    ANCIENT RELICS

    by LucienJohnson

    Three years ago, Wellington saxophonist Lucien Johnson and like-minded friends released an album rare in New Zealand jazz. Rather than default to familiar bebop and post-bebop archetypes, they explored the spiritual music of John and Alice Coltrane, the Afro-futurism of Sun Ra, and challenging ideas of Ornette Coleman.

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