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Rova

Formed: 1977

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Genre: Jazz

Styles: Avant-Garde, Free Jazz, Modern Creative, Avant-Garde Jazz, Modern Composition

Group Members: Bruce Ackley, Steve Adams, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Andrew Voigt

Biography: The experimental jazz zeitgeist of the 1960s and 1970s made possible any number of unconventional instrumental groupings. The basic horn-piano-bass-drums lineup of the modern jazz era lost its mandate, as more musicians searched for fresh and unusual sonorities. Ornette Coleman's bands did away with ...Read full biography

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This Time We Are Both

Released: 1989

Label: IODA

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Recorded during their second tour of the Soviet Union, these six performances by Rova (Larry Ochs on tenor and sopranino, Bruce Ackley on soprano, Steve Adams on alto and sopranino, and baritonist Jon ...Read full review

The Crowd

Released: 1985

Label: hatART

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Originally constructed as a much longer piece for a commission by composer John Adams for the Bay area saxophone quartet to perform a concert of original material, this shorter, tighter version was heavily ...Read full review

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