A wall becomes a bridge

"A Wall Becomes a Bridge is a thematic record that traverses 12 stages on a path - framing two compositions each in reverse progression. The Oracle's personnel - pianist Taylor Eigsti, John Ellis on reeds and winds, bassist Joe Sanders, and guitarist Mike Moreno - have been together since 2013, and it shows in the manner of respect, deference, and support they provide one another".

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"In the present moment, it is easy to see division. You can see it in national and international politics, of course. You can see it in the culture here in the United States. You can see it between classes or cultures of people. And this is where "jazz" (maybe a word of division - let's just say in creative music) offers a model in which borders drop away. A Wall Becomes a Bridge is as a good a way forward in this music as any. A pleasure and a tonic, smart and good for your body too, Kendrick Scott's latest feels like a reason to believe".

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"Kendrick Scott seldom bashes for attention. Instead, he deploys his drumming arsenal in such sublime, communicative fashion that its obvious virtuosic showmanship is not the goal ... The disc requires concentrated, repeated listening in the intended song sequence to reap its whispering splendor. But it rewards handsomely each time".