Jeff Parker & The New Breed - Suite For Max BrownIm always looking for ways to be surprised, says composer and multi instrumentalist Jeff Parker as he explains the process, and the thinking, behind his new album, Suite for Max Brown, released via a new partnership between the Chicagobased label International Anthem and Nonesuch Records. If I sit down at the piano or with my guitar, with staff paper and a pencil, Im eventually going to fall into writing patterns, into things I already know. So, when

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