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  • Summary: The latest full-length solo release from Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker features six originals and two covers he recorded over two days at his home studio.
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  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Genre(s): Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Guitar Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Avant-Garde Music
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
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  1. Mojo
    Jan 24, 2022
    100
    It's on hypnotic original compositions such as Excess Success or reworked pieces like La Jetee that Parker's true genius shines through, an ability to create entire new sonic worlds from the tiniest of elements. [Mar 2022, p.88]
  2. Feb 7, 2022
    85
    Forfolks is a galaxy in eight tracks—these songs orbit each other wordlessly, leaving near-tangible tracks of light in their wake.
  3. Jan 14, 2022
    82
    Forfolks, however, never feels showy or vain; it’s joyous, Parker delighting in the ideas he unearths as he plays along with the sound of himself. The results often feel dazzlingly complicated, as though these songs were built through some greater studio sorcery, like cobbling together various takes or recording the layers one at a time.
  4. Jan 14, 2022
    80
    Forfolks is as welcoming as it is musically adventurous. Void of production or virtuosic solo excesses, it allows the listener inside the guitarist's soundworld for an instinctively guided, infectiously listenable tour.
  5. Jan 14, 2022
    80
    Parker’s third solo album for the International Anthem label is a meditative gem that breaks with the more fully fleshed out style of his two previous outings.
  6. Jan 14, 2022
    80
    He may have worked alone, but in doing so he has created an entire sonic world, a welcoming garden for all to tread. [Mar 2022, p.37]
  7. Jan 14, 2022
    70
    Forfolks is Jeff Parker on his own, but it’s a selfless statement. Here the music, like life, thrives in collaboration, and context is everything. On Forfolks, the music is a shared consciousness that keeps expanding long after its closing notes.