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RePaved

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: Antioch (The Beginning); John Henry; Dowling/Emancipation; Freedman; City on the Water; Kashmere; Bemsha Blues; Smile.

Article: Album Review

RePaved, vibraphonist and composer Jalen Baker's third album as leader of his own ensemble, is an eight-part suite that depicts in musical terms the history of Houston, Texas' historic Black neighborhoods and his family's deep connection to the city's Third Ward, which spans four generations. As is usually true of thematic music, that becomes ...

Article: Album Review

Jalen Baker: RePaved

Read "RePaved" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
September 5, 2026

Occasionally, an album comes along that shakes up your thinking about what jazz can do. Jalen Baker's RePaved might be that album. On the surface, it is an eight- part suite about Houston's historic Black neighbourhoods, particularly the 3rd Ward, where Baker's family has deep roots spanning four generations. But on closer listening, it becomes more ...

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