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Stream The Curtis Brothers’ “Three Points and a Sphere” Featuring Brian Lynch, Donald Harrison and Ralph Peterson (Premiere)

August 14, 2019 By Sébastien Hélary

Brothers Zaccai and Luques Curtis are back with a new album commissioned by Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works. Algorithm, coming August 23rd to the brothers’ own Truth Revolution Records, builds upon The Curtis Brothers Band’s 2012 debut Completion of Proof, drawing inspiration equally from mathematical concepts as well as from some of the brothers’ pivotal mentors over … [Read more...]

(U)nity – ‘(U)nity is Power’ (Album Review)

November 2, 2017 By Anthony Dean-Harris

The band (U)nity, co-lead by pianist Axel Laugart and percussionist Amaury Acosta, are legit and have been for a minute now, but with the release of their first proper album, their sound is more fully formed. Their previous releases, singles and mixtapes, had a roughness that showed direction, but with the release of (U)nity is Power, out now on Ropeadope, their meshing of … [Read more...]

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – ‘Ruler Rebel’

March 31, 2017 By Anthony Dean-Harris

Since time perpetually moves forward, all movement is technically forward movement. Everything is a form of progression. Experience gives texture to signature, though the elements of signature -- those attributes that define the outward expression of persona -- remain fundamentally intact because the everlasting battle of nature versus nurture will always end up in some sort of … [Read more...]

Curtis Brothers Quartet – ‘Syzygy’

December 22, 2016 By Ben Gray

The Curtis Brothers Quartet's new album, Syzygy is dropping in mid-December where it will be (very) unfortunately overlooked as critics and listeners turn our collective attention to 'best of 2016' lists (nextbop included, of course). Don't make that mistake.The quartet (brothers Luques and Zaccai Curtis on bass and keys, respectively, plus Richie Barshay on drums and … [Read more...]

Romain Collin – ‘Press Enter’

October 20, 2015 By Alex Marianyi

Like the exposition of a futuristic sci-fi flick, Romain Collin's Press Enter remains grounded in the familiar acoustic piano trio but gives glimpses into a world that’s been fundamentally changed. The establishing shot of the film is the short lead-in track "99" followed by the second track, "Clockwork", which drops you fully into the world being created, and throughout, the … [Read more...]

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