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Sam Gendel's Nonesuch debut album, Satin Doll, is a futuristic homage to historical jazz. Three musicians—Gendel on saxophone and other things, Gabe Noel on electric bass, and Philippe Melanson on electronic percussion—engage in simultaneous synchronized sonic construction/deconstruction of well-known jazz standards, including Miles Davis's ""Freddie Freeloader,"" Charles Mingus's ""Goodbye Pork Pie Hat,"" and Duke Ellington's ""Satin Doll."" ""A woozy, blissfully twisted album,"" says the Los Angeles Times.