Nonesuch
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This album uncovers a whole, tender world in the act of playing [Akinmusire's] instrument and its emotional vocabulary for him, having stripped away its distracting power. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, February 2024
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th December 2023
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The Guardian, Jazz Album of the Month, December 2023
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Ghost Song
RecommendedCécile McLorin Salvant (creative director, piano), Ben Tousley (designer), Paul Sikivie (electric bass, synthesizer, bass), Sullivan Fortner (piano, fender rhodes keyboards, background vocals), James Chirillo (banjo), Keita Ogawa (percussion), Alexa Tarantino (flute), Marvin Sewell (guitar), Burniss...
This set features everything from theatrical and folk elements to the kind of rapid-fire Sprechstimme pithiness associated with Garfunkel and Oates (search YouTube), yet its overall themes –... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, March 2022
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AllMusic, Editor's Choice, March 2022
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Downbeat, Editor's Pick, April 2022
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th March 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, Jazz Choice
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee: Best Jazz Vocal Album
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Ghost Song
RecommendedCécile McLorin Salvant (creative director, piano), Ben Tousley (designer), Paul Sikivie (electric bass, synthesizer, bass), Sullivan Fortner (piano, fender rhodes keyboards, background vocals), James Chirillo (banjo), Keita Ogawa (percussion), Alexa Tarantino (flute), Marvin Sewell (guitar), Burniss...
This set features everything from theatrical and folk elements to the kind of rapid-fire Sprechstimme pithiness associated with Garfunkel and Oates (search YouTube), yet its overall themes –... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, March 2022
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AllMusic, Editor's Choice, March 2022
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Downbeat, Editor's Pick, April 2022
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th March 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, Jazz Choice
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee: Best Jazz Vocal Album
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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The Morse code-ish, "Nice to meet you again for the first time," sets sail as a baleful conversation between equals ensues. With all its errant squiggles and sharp turns, "Soundcheck" hypnotizes... —
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Mehldau’s highly expressive touch and use of rubato and dynamics are nothing less than exemplary and unexpected twists add a new dimension to the material without abstracting the original songs.... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, March 2023
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The Guardian, Jazz Album of the Month, February 2023
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Reuniting for LongGone, the years fall away as the timeless music they make together falls back into place..Redman still leads from the front, providing six straightahead original numbers for... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, Jazz Choice
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee: Best Jazz Instrumental Album
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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The Guardian, Jazz Album of the Month, September 2022
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New. With Every Breath I Take
Cécile McLorin Salvant (vocals), David Wong (bass), Kush Abadey (drums), Sullivan Fortner (piano), Metropole Orkest, Jules Buckley
Jazz tends to reinvent such material to suit its own musical conventions, so allowing its dramatic function to reassert itself makes for engaging listening (as does the occasional vocal equivalent... —
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Full of sonic surprises, the music nevertheless retains a coherent thread with arrangements that frequently place Halvorson more as a texturalist than soloist. The band is a revelation, its... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, June 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, Jazz Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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The Guardian, Jazz Album of the Month, May 2022
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Stereogum, Best Jazz Albums of 2022
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Jacob’s Ladder sees Brad Mehldau going into fusion mode, which contrasts nicely with his recent solo and orchestral offering…It ’s a spirited and lively undertaking. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, April 2022
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th March 2022
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee: Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
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The Guardian, Jazz Album of the Month, March 2022
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This entirely excellent set majors on respected items from [the jazz standard] tradition, entailing an expertly judged process of inspired rebuilding around the original themes and structures... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th May 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, Jazz Choice
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