Your Queen Is A Reptile

AlbumMar 30 / 20189 songs, 55m 30s99%
Afro-Jazz
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7.6 / 10

On this London group’s first LP for Impulse!, saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings uses jazz’s cultural memory as a rich language that informs an entirely new conversation.

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The richness of the source material and the deftness of interplay of each member of the band ensures that Your Queen is a Reptile leaves you with a sense of having been a part of something truly special.

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