Leroy Jenkins
Primary genres: Avant-garde, Modern Jazz
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Jenkins picI only recently discovered Jenkins, and am sorry it took so long. Jenkins evidently crosses many style boundries in his work, from open jazz improvisation to full avante-garde composition. Although some of it is too far into free jazz for my taste, several tracks on Live! are particularly interesting, and Themes & Improvisations on the Blues has all kinds of good stuff on it. Check it out.

Here's a sample of his playing from the Live! album:

Computer Minds (.AIFF format, 380K, 35 second clip)

"Computer Minds" copyright © Leroy Jenkins.



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Discography
THEMES & IMPROVISATIONS ON THE BLUES (1995)
LIVE! (1993)
URBAN BLUES (1984)
LIFELONG AMBITIONS (1981)
THE LEGEND OF AI GLATSON (1978)
SPACE MINDS NEW WORLDS SURVIVAL
   Performances
TOO MUCH SUGAR FOR A DIME (1993) - Henry Threadgill
SHADOWGRAPH (1978) - George Lewis
VIET NAM 1 AND 2 (1972) - Revolutionary Ensemble
ESCALATOR OVER THE HILL (1971) - Carla Bley/Paul Haines
THREE COMPOSITIONS OF NEW JAZZ (1968) - Anthony Braxton


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