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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.
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 Most Exciting Jazz Albums Since 1969: 2017-2020
by Robert Middleton
As we start to wind down to the 72nd jazz thriller, in our penultimate collection of half a dozen jazz thrillers this week, it becomes clear that brilliant, compelling music comes in all shapes and sizes. From an understated quartet from Germany to an Aaron Parks masterpiece, all of these albums deserve a place in the ...
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 ...
James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet: For Mahalia With Love
by John Sharpe
The combination of James Brandon Lewis' impassioned tenor saxophone and songs associated with gospel singer and Civil Rights activist Mahalia Jackson is a match made in heaven. On For Mahalia, With Love by his Red Lily Quintet, Lewis retains the crack squad which made Jesup Wagon (Tao Forms, 2021) a success. Even though Lewis has a ...
Todd Sickafoose: Bear Proof
by Jerome Wilson
Bassist Todd Sickafoose released only one album as a leader prior to this one, Tiny Resistors, (Cryptogramophone, 2008). However, he has kept busy in the music world since then. He has extensively worked as a sideman and producer, including collaborating with singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, and he has orchestrated the Broadway musical, “Hadestown," winning a Tony award ...
Bassist Andrea Veneziani Compounds His Expansive Musical Vision On 'The Lighthouse,' Set For October 6 Release
Acclaimed bassist and composer Andrea Veneziani returns to leadership with his long-awaited second album, The Lighthouse, which will be available on October 6. The album features the Italian-born artist leading an all-star quartet comprising cornetist Kirk Knuffke, guitarist Charlie Sigler, and drummer Allan Mednard performing a gorgeous set of eight Veneziani originals. This sophomore effort from ...
Yelena Eckemoff And Cory Smythe: Imagination Unbound
by Doug Collette
Yelena Eckemoff and Cory Smythe have configured mirror images in music that reflect global mindsets of race, gender and class in the wake of COVID lockdowns and in the midst of climate change (among other controversies). The former postulates an insular existence populated only by a single individual and a sole figure with whom he finds ...
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