Smoke Sessions
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[Vicente] Archer and [Bill] Stewart are crucial to the ensemble identity of this fine collective achievement, but Orrin Evans' long-honed mastery and Immanuel Wilkins' new-minted one are its... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, September 2021
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The heart of this live-recorded studio album lies in Escoffery's muscular articulation and the band's close-knit confidence. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, May 2023
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Working as a tight-knit ensemble, their solo styles contrast, and nowhere better than on their successive choruses on ‘Maybe So’, in which the rhythm section members also take a turn each. This... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd June 2022
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The Red Door
RecommendedOrrin Evans (piano), Jazzmeia Horn (leadvocalist), Sy Smith (leadvocalist), Alita Moses (leadvocalist)
Acoustic jazz with a twist […] the pianist celebrates key influences with a heavyweight cast. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Correlations
RecommendedSteve Davis (trombone), Joshua Bruneau (trumpet/flugelhorn), Wayne
Escoffery (saxophone), Xavier Davis (piano), Dezron Douglas (double bass), Jonathan Barber (drums)
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd July 2019
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The Intangible Between
RecommendedOrrin Evans (piano), The Captain Black Big Band, Sean Jones (trumpet)
After about a decade, though, the ensemble has slimmed to a nonet, a word that still evokes the Monet-ish pastels of Miles Davis’ cool period. But there’s nothing pastel about this brass-plated... —
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
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The heart of this live-recorded studio album lies in Escoffery's muscular articulation and the band's close-knit confidence. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, May 2023
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The band’s third outing on CD features a set almost entirely written by band members and is crammed with energetic yet elegant arrangements, inventive melodies, rhythmic drive and bonkers solos... —
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
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