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- Record Label: International Anthem
- Release Date: Sep 8, 2023
- Summary: The latest full-length release from British jazz saxophonist Alabaster DePlume features music from the same recording sessions as 2022's Gold.
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- Record Label: International Anthem
- Genre(s): Jazz
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Sep 19, 2023It is a must for jazz fans and anyone with an appreciation for rich and reflective creative art.
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Sep 12, 2023The diversity of drums and percussion instruments and players also lends a different quality to the sound, bringing in a slapped, clacking flatness. It’s a perfect match to the frequently staccato energy of the saxophone.
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Sep 12, 2023The Best Thing in the World is a wonderful piece of creaky minimalism, a kind of steampunk techno created on double basses, massed guitars and a vintage synth. Best of all is Naked Like Water, a gently pulsating West African funk groove, featuring interlocking basslines, scratchy guitars and gospel singer Donna Thompson’s wordless voice rising above the aqueous vocal harmonies. Sublime.
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UncutSep 12, 2023This soulful, spiritual, experimental collection is a rich testament to the chemistry of collaboration. [Oct 2023, p.26]
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MojoSep 12, 2023Fairbairn's side-of-mouth playing is extraordinary bucking the universal post-millennial effort to out-blast Coltrane, in favour of beautifully gentle explorations which are both intrepid and sublimely calming. [Oct 2023, p.85]
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Sep 12, 2023Jam curation is an underappreciated art (Teo Macero, Carlos Niño, and Mark Hollis are among its greatest practitioners), and DePlume shows a knack for it here.
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Sep 29, 2023Come with Fierce Grace is easy to embrace on its own -- even if some tracks lack distinctive identities. No matter its release as a separate entity, Come with Fierce Grace is part and parcel of GOLD; it's not a mere sequel but a truly worthy companion album.