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At the sixth edition of Portugal's Semibreve — with performances from Laurel Halo, Kara-Lis Coverdale and Jonathan Saldanha — Mat Colegate finds a festival not without its cathartic frenzy, but with a unique and refined focus, inviting its audience to really experience what's in front of them
With a back catalogue of over 50 challenging albums, it might look like there's no particularly easy way of cracking the enigma of the Art Ensemble Of Chicago. Not so, says Eden Tizard, looking back at the group's first ECM album, Nice Guys, which was released 40 years ago this month