Chris Barton is the Los Angeles Times' jazz critic and deputy editor of The Hot List. In addition to his contributions to the Times, he has also written about music and various happenings for Seattle Weekly, Magnet magazine and a host of now-extinct dotcoms. Lately he's been most fascinated with weird jazz, unhinged noises and shiny things.
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