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07 May

[ May the 14th, 2021 release via Artists Recording Collective: Alchemy Sound Project – Africa Love ]

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release date: 14.05.2021 via Artists Recording Collective

“…breathtaking… Call them chamber jazz, modern big band or classically influenced, the diverse yet synergized works on ‘Afrika Love’ are skillfully composed and arranged, sophisticated and enthralling.” – Monarch Magazine

“…five compelling and gifted musicians, each with their own unique and powerful creative vision… their multi-gendered, multi-racial makeup as a group offers a positive example of cooperative humanity.”   – Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs

★ ★ ★ ★  “…a mesmerizing combination of chamber jazz, symphonic music, modern jazz and big band. You might even hear strains of Charles Mingus in this aurally delicious mix.” – Bob Protzman, DownBeat Magazine

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01 Sep

[ 11th of September release via Pyroclastic Records: Eric Revis – Slipknots Through A Looking Glass ]

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available September 11 on Pyroclastic Records

The opening track, ‘Baby Renfroe,’ suggests James Brown funk as refracted through a dichroic prism…. It’s a good first taste of the album, in that it conveys a certain in-betweenness: the band sounds tight but open, calm but spring-coiled.” – Nate Chinen, WBGO’s “Take Five”

” A Basist with a strong rhythmic compass and a stout, beefy tone” — The New York Times

Poised to challenge those limited views of Revis’ expression, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass — his eighth solo-led album, and first release on Pyroclastic Records — explores new territory alongside familiar travelers: drummer Chad Taylor, pianist Kris Davis and saxophone masters Darius Jones and Bill McHenry.

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