Rova

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1977 
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by Chris Kelsey
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 the piano; Cecil Taylor's trio with Jimmy Lyons and Sunny Murray eliminated the bass. Musicians associated with the Chicago-based Aacm occasionally did away with one or more (or all) elements of the rhythm section; for example, in its first incarnation The Art Ensemble Of Chicago had no drummer.



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