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- Summary: The latest full-length release for the Los Angeles jazz composer/producer features Logan Hone, David Leach, Nick Mancini, John Paul Maramba, Deantoni Parks, and Tracy Wannomae.
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- Record Label: Stones Throw
- Genre(s): Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Electric Jazz
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Sep 1, 2021Remarkably, the most effective moments in this vein occur when the leader assumes a background position, lending synthesizer shading and warped effects as mallets and flute link and skip at the fore of "P64 by My Side." For the most part, this is a jazz date -- an inviting and beatific one that frequently evokes classic '70s jazz-funk.
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The WireSep 1, 2021Septet is beautifully appointed make-out music, redolent of Adrian Younge, Miles Davis’s 1980s re-emergence and late 70s pre-electro Herbie Hancock. [Sep 2021, p.54]
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MojoSep 1, 2021An expansive, summery jazz-funk crossover that lives and dies on its monster grooves. [Aug 2021, p.85]
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Sep 1, 2021What ‘Septet’ really does well is show how accomplished Kirby has become in his writing. The music is fun, with a joyous bounce, but also hints at a deep melancholy. It’s not sad, but it’s also not happy.