A Historical Record of an Important Ensemble
The way I understand Music is that there can be a repertoire or Canon of music that becomes "classic". This transcends genre, nationality, ethnicity, Historical period or style.
When any musical artist or ensemble performs this music, pays tribute to it, interprets, records it, and does so in artistic and creative way, this becomes as important as the original performances, Compositions, or composers. Otherwise, the only other way this music can stay alive is through recordings.
Live music presentation, is an essential part of the musical experience. And even when one can't be at such performance, a recording of one of these occasions, provides the rest of us with an opportunity to at least get a taste of what this music is like live.
This band, was the only ensemble, consisting of some of the original people who performed this music, keeping it alive, both literally (by performing in front of live audiences), and figuratively (by keeping it current,...
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