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This album sees her fronting her current quintet and tends toward personal and general introspection, ref lecting as it does the events of the past couple of years. Aldana never confuses introspection... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Certainly, Kind of Blue must be measured by musical influence. Ask any number of influential music-makers who have been around, such as Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, and the like, they all agree.... — Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World More…

Though known for her Ella Fitzgerald-esque skill at interpreting songbook standards and French chanson, Salvant has proven herself a literate and nuanced songwriter in her own right. — AllMusic, March 2022, 4 and a half out of 5 stars More…

There are many fine jazz records coming out of London currently. Source, with its adventurous, kinetic, and sophisticated approach in wedding modern composition, improvisation, and production... — AllMusic, August 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

With Bitches Brew the jazz-rock message was handed down from the mount on tablets of stone. From the title track with Davis, Shorter and Maupin emerging from the matrix of the mix before being... — Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World More…

Another thing Evans once said is, “I have a reason that I arrive at myself for every note I play.” One would have known that without him saying it, merely by sitting him down at a piano. But... — Downbeat, June 2022 More…

Black to the Future is a staggering achievement. Musically and culturally, Sons of Kemet not only holistically conceive of a future, they begin to create one right now. — AllMusic, May 2021, 4 and a half out of 5 stars More…

Night Train is the epitome of this [new] approach: cool, funky, incredibly concentrated and well thought-through, it hangs together as a perfect modernist tribute to the funky roots of jazz… — Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World More…

Saving the best until last though ‘Beyond Darkness’ sees Frisell in more garage-y downtown mood with Lloyd’s butterfly-like flute offering deep shade as well as light, and ‘Dorotea’s Studio’... — Jazzwise, July 2022 More…

Golden-era jazz runs right through pianist Bill Charlap and it pours from his fingertips…It’s not all standards and the trio’s take on Kenny Burrell’s dapper ‘Your Host’ is a polished gem. Altogether,... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…