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Jan 7, 2013Guzo is ambitious and the discipline makes an irrepressible impact, the standard of playing from Yerard teachers or professional Ethiopian or British musicians is high, and everyone sounds tightly united, but the jazz makes it limber.
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UncutAug 30, 2012Yirga wears his influences too obviously on the introspective solo pieces, but these are early days. [Aug 2012, p.83]
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Aug 30, 2012Guzo is a strange album--it feels like the record label (or management) are calling too many shots, unable to decide whether Yirga should play the Ethio-jazz which we've come accustomed to through the Ethiopiques series, the cool Western jazz of Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans, or a fusion in-between that also includes soul and Caribbean flavours.
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MojoAug 30, 2012This fierce debut [is] an essential purchase for anyone who has fallen for the jazzier end of the Ethiopiques spectrum. [Sep 2012, p.97]
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Aug 30, 2012In short, this is an impressive debut album that attests to the originality and expressiveness of its author.
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Aug 30, 2012Exquisitely poised solo pieces that subtly pay homage to the likes of fellow keyboard masters Abdullah Ibrahim and Erik Satie.
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Aug 30, 2012This album could do with even more solo work from its star.