The Westerlies: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Tom Huizenga, November 2, 2016 Calling themselves an accidental brass quartet, the members of The Westerlies, like the prevailing winds, blew east to New York from their hometown of Seattle, where they were childhood friends. Young musicians today routinely resist being pigeonholed into a single genre. Such is the case with this unconventional band, which, through its compositions and tight ensemble playing, reveals a builtin sympathy for improvised jazz, rigorous classical structures and sunshiny po
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