Black Niles Pushes Jazz Forward, Writes Pitchfork
According to Pitchfork, “The new album from brothers Aaron and Lawrence Shaw plays to modern Los Angeles jazz tradition with standout performances and a neighborhood feel… Black Nile’s fourth LP, Indigo Garden, feels like a lost scroll of L.A. jazz’s righteous 2010s era; it slides comfortably alongside Kamasi Washington’s The Epic, Terrace Martin’s Velvet Portraits, and Ryan Porter’s The Optimist. Steeped in the wisdom of the elders, it’s conceptually rich music that honors Alice Coltrane, Latin jazz, electronica, and the Black liberation movement.” The full review is here, and Indigo Garden is at radio now via MASS MoCA.
