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  • Summary: The latest release for the jazz saxophonist is his first on the Nonesuch Records label features contributions from Gabe Noel and Philippe Melanson.
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  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Jazz, Ambient, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Jazz Instrument, Experimental Electronic, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation, Saxophone Jazz
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  1. Mar 17, 2020
    90
    With Satin Doll, Gendel has crafted a low-key, innovative album that's cosmic, womblike, and full of stars.
  2. Mar 17, 2020
    80
    His most fully formed yet and pushes this experimentation to its furthest extreme, his sax sounding like melting wax on his 13 cover versions of jazz standards.
  3. Mojo
    Mar 17, 2020
    80
    A free-floating space jazz run at Joni & Mingus's Goodbye Pork Pie Hat is typical of his approachable fusion. [May 2020, p.96]
  4. Mar 17, 2020
    78
    Throughout, Satin Doll warps these standards delectably, leaving you pleasantly dizzy.
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