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IT'S not often that a US band will begin their gig at a world-renowned jazz venue like Ronnie Scott's with one of its co-leaders declaring about their nation's president: “We're not the Americans who voted for the guy. We're part of the resistance!”
Such were the words of the New Jersey-born trumpeter Dave Douglas at the outset of the performance of the Sound Prints Quintet and they drew applause from almost all those present. The other co-leader, Italian-American tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano, nodded in agreement and, with the quintet playing with such vibrant unity, the sentiments were clearly commonly held.
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