Results for "PJ Roberts"

PJ Roberts

Manner Effect: Abundance

by Hrayr Attarian
September 1, 2012

Manner Effect is not merely an energetic group consisting of a vocalist backed by a four- piece band, but a quintet with two frontline instruments and a rhythm section. This is primarily due to Sarah Elizabeth Charles's utilization of her amazing vocal cords as a wind instrument, and in her delivery of songs in the tradition ...

Manner Effect: Abundance

by C. Michael Bailey
August 29, 2012

Manner Effect knits together the jazz aesthetics of The Bad Plus to Kneebody to pianist Robert Glasper and bassist Esperanza Spalding, while forging its own unique and progressive sound. With music, particularly jazz, so highly atomized, it is a hard market in which to distinguish oneself. This quintet's approach is one of total assimilation and immersion ...