L'orient est rouge (1997)

Kočani Orkestar, from eastern North Macedonia, recorded this for the Belgian label Crammed Discs, and it shows the Turkish and Middle Eastern modes behind Macedonian Romani brass. Naat Veliov's trumpet and the clarinet lead slow, swaying čoček grooves and 9/8 rhythms, and the slower pieces have a melancholy, vocal-like shading. Choose it for the most soulful, unhurried brass on the list.