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James Brandon Lewis' Red Lily Quintet: Sparrow

by Chris May
Here is the opening track from James Brandon Lewis' Red Lily Quintet's For Mahalia, With Love (TAO Forms, 2023), a celebration of the music of Mahalia Jackson, remaining true to its original essence but framing it in a jazz context. Not since Oded Tzur's Isabela (ECM, 2022) has such an exalted tenor saxophone-led album come along. ...
Yuhan Su, Stirrup, Arch Trio & Zenophilia

by Maurice Hogue
A mixed bag of music with some interesting new albums: Taiwan/New York vibraphonist Yuhan Su dazzles with her release Liberated Gesture; piano threesomes from the Arch Trio from Italy, Wadji Riahi from Tunisia and Omawi from The Netherlands; Stirrup with Fred Longberg--Holm cello, Nick Macri bass & Charles Rumback drums, another trio of pianist John Blum, ...
For Mahalia With Love (Expanded Edition)

Label: Tao Forms
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD1: Sparrow; Swing Low; Go Down Moses; Wade In The Water; Calvary; Deep
River; Elijah Rock; Were You There; Precious Lord; CD2: Introduction by JBL; Prologue
- Humility; Movement I; Movement I; Movement I; Movement I; Epilogue - Resilience;
Encore - Take Me To The Water.
Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die ((World War))

Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Released: 2023
Track listing: Aurora Rising; Borealis Dancing; Burning Grey; The Mountain; Baba Louis; Bolinko Bass; And Buma Walks; Take Over The World: World War (Reprise).
For Mahalia, With Love

Label: Tao Forms
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD1: Sparrow; Swing Low; Go Down Moses; Wade In The Water; Calvary; Deep
River; Elijah Rock; Were You There; Precious Lord; CD2: Introduction by JBL; Prologue
- Humility; Movement I; Movement I; Movement I; Movement I; Epilogue - Resilience;
Encore - Take Me To The Water.
The Recursive Tree

By John Blum
Label: Relative Pitch Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Fire in the Branches; Kinetic Crawl; Passage; Hidden Thorns; Monk’s Door; Germination; The Recursive Tree; Creatural;
Fractals.
James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet: For Mahalia, With Love

by Pat Youngspiel
Moving on chronologically from George Washington Carver--the African-American musician and influential agricultural scientist to whom James Brandon Lewis' previous recording with the Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (Tao Forms 2021), was dedicated--For Mahalia, With Love continues the pattern of paying homage to influential Afro-Americans who, in their own way, changed the course of history. This album's ...
James Brandon Lewis: For Mahalia With Love

by Jerome Wilson
Tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has been establishing himself in various contexts for the last few years, but his main focus lately has been on his Red Lily Quintet. Their first album, Jesup Wagon, (TAO Forms, 2021), was dedicated to African-American scientist, George Washington Carver. On their 2023 release, the group's music focuses on the work ...
Troy Dostert's Best Releases of 2023

by Troy Dostert
With a steady supply of fantastic music, 2023 offered an abundance of riches to fans of creative jazz. With groups spanning the gamut from small combos to large ensembles, there is a good deal of diversity on offer here, but what these artists all have in common is an uncompromising commitment to making music that transcends ...
Chris May's Best Albums Of 2023

by Chris May
Another great year for recorded jazz. Fourteen of 2023's most special albums are presented here. Eight are new recordings and six are reissues or previously unreleased archive items. Joint Number One Best New Albums Of 2023 Irreversible Entanglements Protect Your Light Impulse! There are two contendors for the slam-dunk ...