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Both a reunion and in some ways a resurrection, Lucerne not only reunites three out of the four members of Switzerland’s OM band, but was one of the first concerts soprano saxophonist Urs Leingruber was featured six months after his successful lung transplant. At the same time the four live improvisations aren’t an exercise in OM nostalgia. That quartet featuring Leingruber, guitarist Christy Doran, bassist Bobby Burri and percussionist Fredy Studer (1948-2022) was Switzerland’s most… Read More