World & World Jazz
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Improvising around Iyer compositions and numbers by Stevie Wonder, Roscoe Mitchell and more, these musicians foreground openness and receptivity… A trio of rare intuition. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, March 2024
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The Guardian, Jazz Album of the Month, February 2024
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2024
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There is scope for flashes of greater dynamism but in their consistency, Aftab, Iyer and Ismaily reveal the beauty in quietude. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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The Guardian, Global Album of the Month, March 2023
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Stereogum, Best Jazz Albums of 2023
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New. Unspoken
Mahan Mirarab (guitar, oud), Lars Danielsson (bass), Kian Soltani (cello), Golnar Shahyar (vocals)
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Astounding Eyes of Rita
Anouar Brahem: (oud), Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet), Björn Meyer (bass), Khaled Yassine (percussion)
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There’s co-operation and confrontation, unity and conflict, subtle transitions and headlong interventions. The music just flows from one state to another with a mixture of energy and grace. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd March 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2019, Jazz Choice
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Blue Maqams
Anouar Brahem (oud), Dave Holland (double bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Django Bates (piano)
Twenty-five years on from his first jazz collaboration, this new album is a reminder of just how natural the combination of blues notes and taqsim (the traditional form of improvisation) can... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, Jazz Choice
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Improvising around Iyer compositions and numbers by Stevie Wonder, Roscoe Mitchell and more, these musicians foreground openness and receptivity… A trio of rare intuition. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, March 2024
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The Guardian, Jazz Album of the Month, February 2024
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2024
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2 Vinyl Records
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Touching on both Cole Porter and Eric Garner, this long-time trio invigorate bop with thrilling, socially conscious free jazz. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, May 2021
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Pitchfork, Best New Music
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The Guardian, Jazz Album of the Month, April 2021
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2 Vinyl Records
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No matter what lengths Gold and Allen went to to complete Rejoice, the core playing, and camaraderie are peerless, and therefore justified. This is a fitting postscript and testament to Masekela's... —
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AllMusic, Editor's Choice, March 2020
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