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Gabriel Hubert, horn player with Damon Albarn's favourite street-jazz collective, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, speaks with the unashamed zeal of a convert: “Every musician needs to beat a path to independence. You've got to own the music you make.” An advocate of not signing your life away to a record label, he is, nevertheless, gearing up for the release of a compilation that features his band's frenetic breed of jazz, fresh from the streets of south-side Chicago, alongside tracks by Lou Reed and Massive Attack. (04/05) MoreKeyword(s) : Brass-band, Label, Brass, Record, Record-shop, Compilation, Jazz
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