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yaya: yaya
by Jeff Libman
It is exceptionally rare for me to like every song on an album, but such is the case with yaya3, an album doomed to relative obscurity by the anonymity of its name. One might miss the small type on the back of the CD jewel case reading “Produced by Sam Yahel, Joshua Redman, and Brian Blade.” These gentlemen play instruments, too.Yaya is Sam Yahel’s nickname, and the album features five of the organist’s fine tunes. His “Slow Orbit” ...
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by Paul West
The self-titled album by a trio of young yet established artists, Yaya3, is frequently sensational jazz, calm yet lively, smooth yet vibrant, piquant yet familiar. Disguised in simplistic harmonies yet paced with flare and consistently punctured with solos of boisterous cadence, this winning assembly of superlative talent almost brazenly sneaks up on you: it's not nearly as basic as it may at first sound.
That extends to the opener, “Slow Orbit," which plays off of familial, upbeat melodies with clean ...
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