The Greasy Chicken Orchestra and the Microscopic Septet Prove That Jazz Is Alive and Well
The leader of the Sydney-based Greasy Chicken Orchestra, saxophonist and composer Philip Johnston, is doubtlessly most famous for serving as co-leader of the Microscopic Septet.
A little more than a decade ago, there was a major New York City event titled “The Undead Jazz Festival.” The use of that term was a catchy way to respond to the naysayers who had been proclaiming for decades that jazz was dead.
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