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Jose Lencastre-alto saxophone
Carlos Zingaro-violin
Clara Lai-piano
Goncalo Almeida-double bass
Joao Sousa-drums
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UPC: 198004292726
Label: Phonogram Unit
Catalog ID: PU11CD
Squidco Product Code: 34184
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2022
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at Namouche Studios in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 20th, 2021, by Joaquim Monte, assisted by Bernardo Centeno.
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• Show Bio for "Paul r. Harding "Paul r. Harding was born in New York and attended college in Buffalo, NY, where he was tutored by saxophonists Archie Shepp and Charles Gayle. He moved to the West Coast, where he got to know bassist Michael Bisio in the mid-1980s. They did many performances in galleries, bars, and performance spaces." ^ Hide Bio for "Paul r. Harding
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Track Listing:
1. Staying Power 3:03
2. Safe In Your Own World 5:21
3. One 4:22
4. Two 5:42
5. Slip & Counter 3:04
6. Three 1:12
7. Four 5:13
8. Flow 8:26
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Improvised Music
Free Improvisation
European Improvisation, Composition and Experimental Forms
Jazz
Quintet Recordings
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