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Nick Bollinger reviews a collaboration between the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and the octet’s octogenarian father Kelan Philip Cohran; an album of jazz and street-talk from New Orleans’ performance poet Chuck Perkins; and the modern-traditional blues of Otis Taylor.
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Artist: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Songs: Gibbous, Alayo
Composer: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Album: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Label: Honest Jon’s
Artist: Kelan Philip Cohran and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Songs: Frankincense and Myrrh, Aspara, Steateville, Ancestral, Zincali, Cuernavca
Composer: Cohran
Album: Kelan Philip Cohran and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Label: Honest Jon’s
Artist: Chuck Perkins
Songs: We Don’t Fear The Water, Jazz Funeral, Lil Liza Jane, Everybody Swears, Crack House, Jokes, R&B Superstar, I Can Do Anything, We Ain’t Dead Yet
Composer: Perkins
Album: A Lovesong For NOLA
Label: Trikont
Artist: Otis Taylor
Songs: 2 Or 3 Times, Lay On My Delta Bed, The Devil’s Gonna Lie, Contraband Blues, Banjo Boogie Blues
Composer: Taylor
Album: Contraband
Label: Telarc
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