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Sultan Stevenson: El Roi
by Neil Duggan
Following on from his modern but classic-sounding debut, Faithful One (Whirlwind Recordings, 2023), Sultan Stevenson, a London-born pianist of West Indian descent, brings us his second album, El Roi. The title comes from a term in the Hebrew Bible for God of Sight, with faith and identity serving as the driving concepts behind Stevenson's compositions. This album employs the same group format as its predecessor with a core piano trio with bassist Jacob Gryn and drummer Joel Waters, ...
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by Chris May
It is rare for a debut album by a young musician to merit four stars, but Faithful One, by the 22 year old London pianist and composer Sultan Stevenson, deserves every shining one of them. An alumnus of the community programme Tomorrow's Warriors, in his liner note he singles out the Warriors' founders, Gary Crosby and Janine Irons, and one of its tutors, tenor saxophonist Binker Golding, for special thanks. Stevenson has been a fast study. For confirmation of that, ...
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