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Michael Formanek Quartet at Eddie Moore Jazz Festival
Courtesy of ECM records | Posted on May 6, 2011
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Mon, June 6, 2011
08:00PM
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Michael Formanek Quartet
Michael Formanek The Rub and Spare Change
Michael Formanek - bass
Craig Taborn - piano
Tim Berne - sax
Gerald Cleaver - drums
Release Date: October 12, 2010
ECM debut for Michael Formanek, whose formidable bass has propelled groups from the Mingus Big Band to Tim Berne's Bloodcount and has backed artists as diverse as Chet Baker and Elvis Costello. A bandleader and composer in his own right, he is heard here with some highly-talented colleagues in an outgoing programme of his own pieces, whose unorthodox constructions set up strong solos and fiery group interaction....