''Sparkling Fresh'' is a live performances album by

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Universal Congress Of Universal Congress Of are an American jazz ensemble from Los Angeles, formed in 1986. History The project was started by Joe Baiza and continued to develop his own fusion of free jazz and punk rock after his previous band, Saccharine Trust ...

, released on April 21, 1998 through Hazelwood Records.

Track listing

Personnel

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Joe Baiza Joe Baiza (born January 11, 1952) is a punk rock and jazz guitarist whom Eugene Chadbourne cites as one of the most noteworthy guitarists to emerge from the Southern California punk rock milieu. Career Baiza is a founding member of the bands Sa ...

– guitar, vocals, production *Steve Gaeta – bass guitar *Paul Lines – drums *

Steve Moss Stephen Donnellan Moss (1948–2005) was an American editor and publisher who founded two major weekly newspapers in California's Central Coast and created the 55 Fiction short story contest. Moss founded the ''New Times San Luis Obispo'' with Be ...

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, vocals and harp on "Mud Man Blues" ;Additional musicians and production *Christian Bornitz – production *Gordon Friedrich – production,

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*Unkle Jan – engineering *Jan Schmelcher –

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References

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