Its instrumentation is flexible, but will typically include a rhythm section (percussion, bass, piano) and frontline musicians (saxophone/ trumpet/ voice etc).
Underlying all of this was a rhythm section that defined the tempo and drove the whole performance forward.
The mock panel's report stated that all members of the rhythm section demonstrated more interaction, spontaneity and risk taking when playing behind the saxophone solo.
Perhaps too much syncopation from the rhythm section infringed on 'danceability'.
At the beginning of the demonstration the rhythm section and the lead vocalist were panned in front and backing vocals and brass were panned to the back of the listener.
In the process of opposing the steady, somatic experience of dance, they re-imagine the rhythm section as the embodiment of the nervous energy and uncertainty of the lyrics.
There are a lot of three- and eight-note melodies, usually layered with an atonal drone backed by a rhythm section.
This rhythm section also recorded as a trio.
