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"The music is the teacher. You have to be willing to be the student every single time you sit down to play."— Wayne Shorter
Archie Shepp: Fire Music (1965)
Archie Shepp's Fire Music is not difficult music. It is demanding music — demanding that you pay attention to what it is actually saying.
Arooj Aftab: Vulture Prince (2021)
Vulture Prince is dedicated to Arooj Aftab's late brother. It does not perform grief — it inhabits it, and finds something luminous there.
