'Scalding emotional intensity': Geoff Dyer on the spiritual power of saxophonist Zoh Amba | Jazz
Still only 23, the US saxophonist is channelling the free jazz pioneered by Albert Ayler in the 60s – and making hugely profound, wildly uplifting music
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Still only 23, the US saxophonist is channelling the free jazz pioneered by Albert Ayler in the 60s – and making hugely profound, wildly uplifting music
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