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Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber Band Lineup Greg Tate - conduction/guitar/laptop Justice Dilla-X – vocals Mikel Banks - vocal/freakaphone (Rough Stars - Dustbin Brothers) Lewis "Flip" Barnes Jr. - trumpet (The William Parker Quartet) Micah Gaugh - alto sax (Apollo Heights) Paula Henderson - bari sax (TV on the Radio) Satch Hoyt - flute/percussion (Grace Jones) Ben Tyree – gtr Andre Lassalle - gtr Bruce Mack – synth Jared M. Nickerson - bs (Yohimbe Brothers / Freedy Johnston) Swiss Chris - drums (formerly of John Legend band) Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber began as a grand and noble idea that begat a quite foolhardy enterprise - update Miles Davis Bitches Brew for the 21st century with players who were conversant in a plethora of post-modern musical tongues. What it has become since then is one of the few modern music groups to freely mash- up any and all forms of vocal and instrumental music like it ain’t nobody’s business if they do. “A multiracial jam army that freestyles with cool telekinesis between the lustrous menace of Miles Davis’ On The Corner, the slash-and-om of 1970s King Crimson, and Jimi Hendrix’ moonwalk across side three of Electric Ladyland.” --DAVID FRICKE, ROLLING STONE |
