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Kweku Sumbry

Pan Africa

By Derrick Gardner

Label: Impact Jazz
Released: 2023
Track listing: Djemba Kan; Appointment in Ghana; 10,000 Ships; The Sixth Village; Highlife Suite; Blues for the Diaspora; Vicente; The Afro Mestizo; NKRUMAH ‘da RULAH; Assin Manso …. The Last Bath.

A Celebration of Excellence and Musical Diversity at Day one at the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival

by Dave Kaufman
September 6, 2023

The Newport Jazz Festival is one of the planet's most fabled and celebrated jazz festivals and it has been towards the top of my bucket list for a very long time. I have attended jazz festivals for almost 40 years since my youth and finally made it to Newport on its 68th anniversary. It was magnificent--a ...

Spoleto Festival USA 2023

by Perry Tannenbaum
July 22, 2023

Spoleto Festival USA Queen Street Playhouse, Sottile Theatre, TD Arena Charleston, SC May 26 to June 11, 2023 Respect for the elders in the jazz lineup of this year's Spoleto Festival USA jazz was gracefully counterbalanced by a hearty welcome to newer generations. It only felt fleetingly like the closing of ...

Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets: Pan Africa

by Mike Jurkovic
January 30, 2023

A big man with a big plan and a boisterous sextet at his back, trumpeter Derrick Gardner and his razor-fine Jazz Prophets unapologetically and unflinchingly blow the walls down with Pan Africa. Hyperbole? Not really. Just let Gardner and company free on Jackie McLean's hopscotching “Appointment In Ghana" (from Jackie's Bag, his first for ...

Belgrade Jazz Festival 2022

by Martin Longley
December 13, 2022

Belgrade Jazz Festival Dom Omladine/MTS Dvorana Belgrade, Serbia October 26-30, 2022 There are now early signs that some festivals might be set to struggle during 2023, but even if certain aspects are reduced, much of the damage can be cosmetically screened. So far. Perhaps it depends on ...

Immanuel Wilkins: The 7th Hand

by Angelo Leonardi
January 10, 2022

Dopo l'acclamato debutto di Omega Immanuel Wilkins disegna un altro avvincente affresco, confermando l'intento a elaborare nuovi percorsi musicali inglobando la tradizione. Con lui ritroviamo i giovani partner del suo quartetto (Micah Thomas al pianoforte, Daryl Johns al contrabbasso e Kweku Sumbry alla batteria) più la bravissima flautista Elena Pinderhughes (già con Christian ...

The 7th Hand

By Immanuel Wilkins

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Emanation; Don’t Break; Fugitive Ritual, Selah; Shadow; Witness; Lighthouse; Lift.

Immanuel Wilkins: Omega is Just the Beginning

by Mark Robbins and Derrick Lucas
August 26, 2021

Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, in the midst of celebrating the success of his debut album Omega (Blue Note, 2020), appeared at the 2021 Newport Jazz Festival as the leader of his own band. With his band of four years, Micah Thomas on piano, bassist Daryl Johns and drummer Kweku Sumbry, Wilkins performed pieces from Omega as well ...

Omega

By Immanuel Wilkins

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Warriors; Ferguson-An American Tradition; The Dreamer; Mary Turner- An American Tradition; Grace and Mercy; Part 1: The Key; Part 2: Saudade; Part 3: Eulogy; Part 4: Guarded Heart; Omega