Ain't love a beautiful thing
Emil Otto
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LondonJazz news
d. 2. Oct. 2022
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Graham Spry
d. 2. Oct. 2022
"Along with Nubya Garcia and Shabaka Hutchings, altso saxophonist Cammilla George has a long history of being active in Tomorrow's Warriors and, like them, her recordings continue that tradition of opennness to musical traditions other than jazz from her debut album, Isang (2017), to her latest album, Ibio-Ibio. George's compositions blend a wide range of styles and genres into contemporary jazz, including elements of West African music. Her regular band includes bassist Daniel Casimir, trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey and pianist Sarah Tandy who are all well-respected band leaders in their own right ... [The lockdown] experience allowed George the opportunity to further explore her Ibibio heritage and record yet another well-structured and satisfying album".
Mojo
2022 November
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Andy Cowan (musikanmelder)
2022 November
"Dedicated to the Nigerian Ibibio tribe she was raised in, 'Ibio-Ibio' finds the saxophonist and Tomorrow's Warriors graduate veering ever closer to Afro-funk, as she serves up spiritual lullabies that riff off Sarah Tandy's bouncy keys and Rod Young and Daniel Casimir's rolling rhythms. A trio of tracks with Birmingham rapper MC Sanity nails the narrative, but George is the undoubted star, delivering criss-crossing solos with a '50's hard-bop bent".