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Rich West: Bedouin Hornbook

Read "Bedouin Hornbook" reviewed by Rex  Butters


This long anticipated Rich West collection rewards the wait. A longtime Los Angeles new music mainstay, West goes with the locals, assembling his band of Bedouins from home-based talent. LA sound scientists and cultural engineers Jeremy Drake and Chris Heenan hold down electric guitar and reeds, respectively. Although familiar to local audiences playing amplified acoustic guitar as a synthesizer, Drake here surprises with deftly straightforward guitar as well as his signature sonic explorations. For Heenan, West and Scott Fraser’s production ...

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Rich West: Bedouin Hornbook

Read "Bedouin Hornbook" reviewed by Jim Santella


With a session of collective improvisation, Rich West's unique quintet spawns creative music that swings within the boundaries of jazz's tradition. Thus, his Bedouin Hornbook stands out as an accessible program for the jazz novice as well as the hardened veteran.

Propelled by tuba and drum set on the bottom and trumpet, guitar and alto saxophone on the top, the quintet explores exotic territory from distant lands. Their impressionism takes you on a journey through places that aren't ...

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