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Sam Gendel
Satin Doll
Nonesuch Records
Someone said Sam Gendel plays saxophone like he’s trying to erase his instrument. I like that. And can’t improve on it. For this album of jazz standards – tweaked, or even twerked, into new shapes and sounds – you might do well to think of the producer and bassist Thundercat deciding to hold Jan Garbarek’s head under …
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