Recorded in 1958, Jazz in Silhouette stands as an overlooked masterpiece, a work that shows Ra not as a mere curiosity or backwater galaxy, but as a major creative force in the jazz universe, a center ...

It's an old-fashioned steam calliope, an instrument ... world of jazz. The Katastwóf Karavan looks like a circus wagon. It's decorated with certain images Walker is famous for: silhouettes.

Today's totally fun Take Five list by Josh features some of the stranger instruments to pop up in jazz -- everything from bagpipes to conch shells. But a quick poll around the office revealed that ...

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