Mothership

"Mothership radiates progressive modern Los Angeles. The band includes some of LA's finest. First among equals is tenor saxophonist Kamasi Washington, who delivers a characteristically booting, and uncharacteristically concise, solo on "Mothership" itself ... Keyboardist Mark de Clive-Lowe shines throughout, his crystalline single-note runs set off by bursts of McCoy Tyner-esque block chords ... Violinist Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, lysergic on "Tomorrow Never Knows," goes gospel on "Standing In The Need Of Prayer." Bassist John B. Williams, drummer Ramsés Rodriguez and percussionists Carlos Niño and Derf Reklaw provide deep-strata accompaniment on a par with Ahmad Jamal's similarly tooled up Reginald Veal, Herlin Riley and Manolo Badrena. Trible comes from the heart on all twelve tracks ... Leon Thomas was the quintessential spiritual-jazz vocalist until his passing in 1999. Trible (...) has taken on Thomas' mantle. It fits him well ... Trible has performed with [Pharoah] Sanders and there are rumours of a co-headlined album down the line. That would be a treat and a half. Meanwhile, Mothership is seventy-two minutes of bliss".

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"Dwight Trible remains a largely under-the-radar frontman despite stints with [Kamasi Washington], J Dilla, Harry Belafonte and Pharoah Sanders. Languishing in a similar spiritual zone to Sanders' best work, "Mothership" plays to the incantatory strengths of Trible's deeply soulful baritone - think Andy Bey or Leon Thomas with a light peppering of Gregory Porter - his warm, positive reflections matched by a lively septet and a show-stealing Washington cameo on the deeply felt title track".

"Best vocal album of the month by far (...) is [this] majestic [album, including] the LA singer's uncompromising take on the Fab Four's lysergic mindblower from "Revolver", ["Tomorrow Never Knows"], which he transmogrifies into an even more tripped-out piece of psychedelia".