Yellow
Emma-Jean Thackray
Awards:
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AllMusic, Editor's Choice, August 2021
On her debut album, the London-based composer and multi-instrumentalist creates a holistic meld of spiritual jazz, funk, soul, and electronica.
Yellow
Emma-Jean Thackray
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Awards:
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AllMusic, Editor's Choice, August 2021
On her debut album, the London-based composer and multi-instrumentalist creates a holistic meld of spiritual jazz, funk, soul, and electronica.
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The debut album by Emma-Jean Thackray feels exactly like the sort of thing we’ve been longing for over the last 12 months: a transcendent, human, shared experience. Across its 49 minutes, Yellow draws glowing lines between ‘70s jazz fusion and P-Funk, the cosmic invocations of Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane, and the gorgeous orchestration of the Beach Boys.
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- Yellow
Awards and reviews
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AllMusicEditor's ChoiceAugust 2021
August 2021
On her debut album, the London-based composer and multi-instrumentalist creates a holistic meld of spiritual jazz, funk, soul, and electronica.
July 2021
Her ability to overdub against herself, creating the illusion of live interaction, is startling and thrilling to hear. Too often, one person music has a certain sterility and airlessness, but Thackray’s work is loose and groove-oriented, shuffling with an energy that brings to mind Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah albums while singing about opening one’s third eye.