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- Artist(s): Camae Ayewa, Keir Neuringer, Aquiles Navarro, Luke Stewart
- Summary: The fourth full-length release from free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements is its first on the Impulse! Records label.
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- Record Label: Verve
- Genre(s): Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation, Free Jazz
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Sep 19, 2023Protect Your Light expands the group's already abundant gifts. Anyone -- fan or newcomer -- open to avant jazz and spoken word will register delight, surprise, and possibly awe at the creativity and inspiration on the album.
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Oct 12, 2023Irreversible Entanglements are looking forward, stepping up from the shoulders of the giants to shape a body of work that demands attention.
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MojoSep 19, 2023This album as a whole is a definitive statement by a peerless ensemble. [Nov 2023, p.90]
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The WireSep 20, 2023Protect Your Light, recorded at the late Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in New Jersey, is the group’s warmest work yet. [Sep 2023, p.57]
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Oct 2, 2023By turns angry, celebratory, mournful, hopeful, here’s an album for complex times.
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Sep 19, 2023For the most part, Protect Your Light takes a more patient and self-reflective approach, vibrating on a different frequency. It’s the act of refilling one’s vessel in song form.
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UncutSep 19, 2023Overall the vibe is more celebration than confrontation, but there's still room for the odd reassuring freakout. [Nov 2023, p.29]