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- Artist(s): Black Monument Ensemble
- Summary: The second full-length release for the Chicago-based artist and the multi-member Black Monument Ensemble was influenced by the events of 2020.
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- Record Label: International Anthem
- Genre(s): Jazz, Vocal, Spoken Word, Gospel, Avant-Garde Jazz, Poetry, Black Gospel, Spiritual Jazz
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May 5, 2021The recording shows little evidence of how acoustically challenging the glass-walled structure can be; every element registers clearly so that the music yields where it needs to and slams where it must. And slam it does, with big beats and massed choruses that bring the messages down hard and certain.
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MojoMay 5, 2021NOW is a pretty intense 31 minutes. But while Locks and co's intent is radical, it's never forbidding. Instead, a punchy accessibility informs even their wildest excursions. [Jun 2021, p.88]
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May 5, 2021NOW bleeds with the awareness that tomorrow is never guaranteed.
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May 5, 2021Based on the profundity of its content and the jagged beauty in its execution, Now belongs in the pantheon of culturally important works that include We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite, Eddie Gale's Black Rhythm Happening, and Sun Ra's Nuclear War.
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UncutJun 18, 2021The results are weirdly and pleasingly dislocated. [Aug 2021, p.29]
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