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Suite for Max Brown
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

  • Summary: The latest full-length solo release for the Tortoise guitarist features a guest appearance from Ruby Parker.
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  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Genre(s): Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Guitar Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz-Funk
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. The Quietus
    Feb 21, 2020
    90
    It’s an album that if you take it at face value will delight, but if you stick around and penetrate its surface, you’ll find one of the most transfixing albums in recent years.
  2. Pitchfork
    Feb 21, 2020
    84
    What Parker tapped into on The New Breed, he blows wide open on Suite for Max Brown, a mesmerizing follow-up and informal companion piece. While his electric guitar remains a highlight, Parker builds out a fast-slashing range of ideas using dozens of other sounds and instruments, most of which he plays himself.
  3. Mojo
    Feb 21, 2020
    80
    The results are often magical, the tracks' man-versus-machine provenance never jarring, the music often utterly liquid in feel. [Apr 2020, p.95]
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  4. AllMusic
    Feb 21, 2020
    70
    Suite for Max Brown may be a direct sequel to its predecessor, but it's nonetheless creative and thoughtful. It's also very accessible. Experimental music never sounded this welcoming.

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  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. IlReverendo
    Dec 14, 2020
    10
    Jeff Parker is not only a fantastic musician, but an excellent composer as well. This is easily his masterpiece; people have called itJeff Parker is not only a fantastic musician, but an excellent composer as well. This is easily his masterpiece; people have called it experimental, but it doesn't sound unaccessible at all. Nu jazz at his finest.… Expand
  2. Lifeisbellablog
    Apr 19, 2020
    2
    I decided to listen to this album because I was looking for recent jazz releases and found this album mentioned in an article. I was lookingI decided to listen to this album because I was looking for recent jazz releases and found this album mentioned in an article. I was looking for something more traditional and this one just wasn't for me, unfortunately. It was way too experimental and abstract for me.… Expand

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