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Pepa P: Saxigon

Read "Saxigon" reviewed by Matthew Wuethrich


What musical shapes have yet to be explored? Did the New Thing of the '60s contort jazz into all its possible forms, or was it merely formless as many critics have asserted? On Saxigon, Finnish saxophonist Pepa Päivinen and his quartet answer these questions with a thunderous NO. The title of the album, and most importantly the music, suggest a shape of jazz that marshals the raw fury and intense soundings of Coltrane, Ayler, Taylor and their progeny, yet retains ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Saxigon

Strawberry Records
2002

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Saxigon

Strawberry Records
1997

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