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AS THE vibrant sound of Bud Powell’s Webb City rings out at the Vortex, pianist Barry Green leads his sextet with a creative authority.
The cascades of notes fall from Miguel Girodi’s trumpet and flugelhorn, George Crowley’s Dexter Gordon-like tenor saxophone buffets the venue’s walls with his sonic ideas and Sam Braysher’s alto streams out with an instinctive lyricism.
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