Fans of Blackberry Smoke’s earlier work might be disappointed that a little bit of the harder edge is missing, but even being the hard-rock guy that I am, I don’t miss it a bit.

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You might be expecting this all-star Supertramp tribute to be a somewhat academic affair. Instead, these guys sound like they’re having a blast.

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Ornette Coleman used it, and so did Gerry Mulligan. And now, a quartet of Norwegians in their mid-20s is doing it, too. However Pixel, as this Nordic combo is called, isn’t making Harmolodics out of the non-chordal trumpet/sax/standup bass/drums configuration. You May Also Like: Manu Katché – Unstatic (2016)

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