If you judge an album by its title, then Gadabout Season delivers on its promise. Carefree in motion and charmed by its surroundings, Brandee Younger’s eighth album gets lost in a dreamlike blend of lightweight jazz, classical precision, and the soulfulness of old-school R&B, all anchored by Younger’s graceful harp. Spanning 10 songs with guest features from Shabaka, Courtney Bryan, Niia, and Josh Johnson, Gadabout Season reignites the joy of self-discovery and perseverance, with Younger turning toward Alice Coltrane’s own restored harp, which she now stewards, for a through line.
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James Holden & Wacław Zimpel: The Universe Will Take Care of You [Border Community]
James Holden and Wacław Zimpel join forces for the first time on The Universe Will Take Care of You, an album built upon the kosmische kinship between the British underground dance don and Austrian clarinetist and sound artist. Evocative of Holden’s recent turn to transcendent psychedelia, the album of six improvisations bounds and rebounds through an odyssey of serrated and arpeggiated synths that build to moments of rapture, while Zimpel alternates percussive alto clarinet with electric piano, organ, lap steel guitar, and other instruments.
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