The New Breed MAC1152LP his most expansive solo album

his most expansive solo album for some time

” Angel Song is among the apexes of the label’s catalogue

"Brilliant Corners" (Riverside RLP12-226) was Thelonious Monk’s third album for Riverside Records and the first on the label to include his own music

and drummer Philly Joe Jones

a great album is not only the solid hits it contains but also the strong variety of material throughout

The New Breed MAC1152LP his most expansive solo albumWhile moving from his long term home Chicago to Los Angeles a few years back, Tortoise member Jeff Parker rediscovered a swathe of old home recordings "beat projects" built around samples of dusty old jazz tracks. These became the starting point for New Breed, his most expansive solo album for some time. Full of his usual loose and evocative jazz guitar, the set sits somewhere between lo fi post rock jazz fusion, experimental hip hop, and softly spun