This article was first published at All About Jazz in February 2002. The multi-trumpet format suffers an inherent stricture: a frontline consisting expressly of two or more b-flat horns circumscribes ...

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Since the 1980s, no bass player has ruled the rock world quite like the man called Flea. He became a star with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And now he's finally recorded his first ever solo album, and ...

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