Word: neotraditionalist
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Though these musicians are heralded as some of the foremost exponents of neotraditionalist jazz, drawing from the influential hard bop artists of the fifties and sixties, they defy such categorization. The tune "Twenty-Seven Summers," in which McBride played a five-string, electric fretted bass, marked a dramatic shift in style. This was the least well-received tune of the set: the audience seemed taken aback by the ethereal, echoing sound of the electric bass and the fusion elements of the medium-tempo arrangement...
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