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Double ExposureReleased: 1978Joe Chambers

LINER NOTES: Joe Chambers, Double Exposure (1978)

By: Bob Blumenthal

Surprise, which is supposed to be the sine qua non of good jazz, has been absent lately in the work of many leading musicians. Rather than search for something new to say, or a new way to articulate an ageless truth, too many players have been caught up in carving out a narrow identity and sticking with it. From one club or concert date to the next, and from album to album, we come to expect the same ideas, the same textures, sometimes even the same note-for-note solos.

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