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Jan Kaspersen
The Jan Kaspersen Special Occasion Band: Memo to the Moon
by Jack Bowers
Unfamiliar as I was with Jan Kaspersen, I hardly knew what to expect from a twelve-piece big band led by a Danish pianist who has studied jazz theory with George Russell, analyzed and recorded the music of classical composer Erik Satie, drafted compositions for Pierre Dorgé’s cutting-edge New Jungle Orchestra and led his own group under the name “Space and Rhythm Jazz.” Bracing for the worst, the last thing I thought I’d hear as the opening selection, “Down, Up and ...
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