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NEW TEXAS SWING
Alex Coke
“(Alex Coke) leads a sterling quartet with vocalist Tina Marsh, WBK bassist Arjen Gorter and Steve Lacy drummer John Betsch, which maximises every rhythmic jolt and earthy shout embedded in their brand of Lone Star swinging jazz“ WIRE MAGAZINE
Tracks (click on highlighted songs to hear excerpts)
1. Round Trip (Ornette Coleman)
2. Go Down Ol' Hannah (Huddie Ledbetter)
3. The 13th Floor (David "Fathead" Newman)
4. Human Being (Charlie Haden)
5. The Saturn Line (Tina Marsh)
6. Mothers of the Veil (Ornette Coleman)
7. Happy 2CU (Alex Coke)
8. Out on the Western Plains (Huddie Ledbetter)
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Original compositions and new interpretations of songs by native (and honorary) Texans Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, David Newman, Charlie Haden, and Ornette Coleman.
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