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Lester Bowie: Miles Davis Meets Donald Duck

Sean O'Hagan, New Musical Express, 1 November 1986

LESTER BOWIE'S white lab coat and mischievous trumpet have fronted The Art Ensemble Of Chicago's ironic jazz, From The Roots To The Source's revivalist gospel and now his own Brass Fantasy's "avant pop". SEAN O'HAGAN talks to The Mad Professor Of Cool.

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