Jazz is dead 22 : Ebo Taylor

"Though recorded in Younge's Linear Labs studio in Los Angeles and bearing its Jazz Is Dead catalog number in its title - a convention that makes the label's releases seem more like franchise entries than potential classic records in their own right - [the album] nonetheless succeeds in feeling like a true Ebo Taylor album. Brief at seven songs, only one of which sneaks past the five-minute mark, this is a potent dose of the scintillating Ghanaian highlife sounds he has spent his long career creating ... A fine late-career achievement for the master bandleader".

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"The feel of 'Ebo Taylor Jazz Is Dead 022' is loose, free, and joyous, and highlights this generous spirit with excellent songs and virtuosic musicianship".

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"JID022's musical foundation is warm and full. Horns, guitars, keys, and layers of rhythms immediately recall the energetic sounds of 1970s West Africa. There are also nods to 1960s highlife, blended with swirls of psychedelic jazz. It's a smooth mix, held together by a bright chorus of supporting vocalists eager to respond to Taylor's calls".

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