“This fine and devotedly-crafted double album is a vehicle for much thrilling jazz-making by a superb cast, but it has a rich stream of backstories running through it too. Gerry Gibbs (d), Chick Corea, Patrice Rushen, Geoff Keezer, Kenny Barron (p), Larry Goldings (kys), Ron Carter, Buster Williams, Christian McBride (b) and Kyeshie Gibbs (d). “Cyrille’s often painterly textural invention has always been outstanding, and here he shows a consummate command of low tempo on daringly spacious, sparse material where he chooses every strike of snare or crash of ride cymbal with the utmost care, as if the notes were punctuation in a letter or exclamation marks in an intimate conversation.” Kevin Le Gendre
Merging his grasp of composition with the small-group Terence Blanchard skills he honed with Art Blakey, the album captures Shorter’s freewheeling spirit, dramatic narratives and oblique harmonies in full.” Mike HobartĪndrew Cyrille (d), Bill Frisell (g) David Virelles (p, syn) and Ben Street (b). “A dazzling homage to saxophonist Wayne Shorter that combines the interactive flow of the E Collective band he formed in 2016 with the finesse of the Turtle Island String Quartet.
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Terence Blanchard (t), plus The E-Collective: Charles Aktura (g), Fabian Almazan (p), David Ginyard (b), Oscar Seaton (d) + Turtle Island Quartet: David Balakirshnan (vn, dir), Gabe Terracciano (vn), Benjamin von Gutzeit (vla) and Malcom Parson (clo). Read the review in the Jazzwise Reviews Database “Without haranguing the listener, Bibb draws deep on a hundred years of American gospel, blues and 1960s righteous soul to ask profound questions of why so little has changed between the Civil Rights era and the Trump error.” Andy Robson Eric Bibb (g, v), Selwyn Arnold (org), Eric Galesk, Staffan Astner (g), Chuck Campbell (lapsteel), Christer Vandola (mand), Billy branch (hca, v), Ron Carter (b), Tommy Sims (b, v, g), Steve Jordan (d), Shaneeka Simon, Lisa Mills, Big Daddy Wilson, Andre De Lang (v) with Glen Scott (ky, syn, f, g, b, d, perc, v).
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