This, Is Not That Night Time Stories Mereba gracefully shines on the

Mereba gracefully shines on the follow-up to her bounteous 2019 debut

Pianist-composer Vijay Iyer follows his 2021 ECM disc Uneasy - the first to showcase his trio featuring bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey - with Compassion

Additional vocal contributions come from Deyra Barrera

Ekoya marks Jupiter & Okwess as both proudly Congolese and profoundly international

This, Is Not That Night Time Stories Mereba gracefully shines on theWhen Apollo Brown and Crimeapple connect, its like old film grain under a projectorgritty, timeless. This album isnt just boom bap nostalgia; its a rebirth of smoke stained bars, where Crimeapple plays both poet and philosopher, flipping bilingual manteca rhymes with a chefs precision, stirring up the street grime and serving it with a side of sharp wit. Apollo Brown, as always, builds his beats like ancient architecturedusty, soulful, and heavy with