Ben Goldberg’s ‘Orphic Machine’ on the Roof of Sear Sound, New York City, September 2013
Photographs by Mimi Chakarova
Pictured: db and Ron Saint Germain with Orphic Machine: Carla Kihlstedt, Myra Melford, Rob Sudduth, Kenny Wollesen, Ron Miles, Nels Cline, Greg Cohen, Ches Smith and Ben Goldberg
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