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Old 09-16-2018, 04:46 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Does anyone want to comment on this often-maligned instrument?
Any favourite tracks, unexpected appearances or really bad examples of bagpipes?
Many of us can name a favourite guitar solo, who can name a similar bagpipe solo?
Never been a fan of bagpipes, but recently the swedish free jazz saxophonist Mats Gustafsson put out an album with french (I think?) bagpipe player Erwan Keravec under the name of Luft (swedish for "air"). Their 2018 album Inhale was actually quite something, and probably the first time I really liked a bagpipe music. Couldn't find an album track on Youtube, but there are some live clips apparently: (haven't watched them myself, but you probably get the idea...) Free jazz duo of sax/bagpipes.


Erwan Keravec has also put out some solo albums of avant-garde piping, of which I've heard some, but they didn't really stick...
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