“With The Tuba Project, Lucian Ban and Alex Harding have put together a raucous, bluesy, energetic, and at times ecstatic album. Drawing from deep roots in jazz and Afro-American music, these musicians play with a contagious abandon . . . The centerpiece of the record is the sixteen-minute “Bluesness Suite,” which starts with Harding and Phillips playing freely against each other, leading to a moaning theme played by the horns, which reappears a few times. Not a blues, but the very essence of the emotions that produce it, this piece is a very powerful drama. . . The Tuba Project is hard to resist. This music is so alive and full of spirit that it will demand and get your willing attention as you travel emotionally with the band; the trip is well worth every minute.
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