Song choice - 'The More It Changes'

Weighing in at a little over a minute you won't hear anything like it this year… try a little tenderness and hit play to discern where distance is overcome and the comfort of friends being honest is all on 'The More It Changes'. And you know it's …

Published: 24 Jun 2022. Updated: 22 months.

Weighing in at a little over a minute you won't hear anything like it this year… try a little tenderness and hit play to discern where distance is overcome and the comfort of friends being honest is all on 'The More It Changes'. And you know it's like a Sesame Street moment in its poignancy new earlier in the year from considerable musicological boffin the former Bad Plus pianist Ethan Iverson in his prime now for many years, an intellectual and communicator in the best possible senses of both these significant words keeping things simple. Lyrics are by Ethan's wife, the writer Sarah Deming, and there is a wise philosophy to the whole texture of the song where the Ethan has landed and no one is preaching to the choir - let alone the choir. Goosebumps time - dry your eyes mate. Read more about the fine album from which 'The More It Changes' is drawn, Every Note is True

In a coup for the new-look club Ethan Iverson plays London's Vortex on Friday 5 August with Conor Chaplin and Martin France. Ethan Iverson photo via Blue Note

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David Mrakpor, 'Lonely,' Jazz Re:Freshed ****

Track of the day and new in the One Love spot, 'Lonely': Riff-groove alchemy once again from David Mrakpor. It's a year since we first caught him live, so far the only time alas, and that Post Bar appearance in Tottenham was a revelation. The word …

Published: 24 Jun 2022. Updated: 22 months.

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Track of the day and new in the One Love spot, 'Lonely': Riff-groove alchemy once again from David Mrakpor. It's a year since we first caught him live, so far the only time alas, and that Post Bar appearance in Tottenham was a revelation. The word ''multi-instrumentalist'' gets trotted out a lot but can be a ''so-what?'' moment given that a lot of top musicians can play a range of instruments. Not here. I still don't know which incarnation of Mrakpor that I like best. But if push were to come to shove I'd go for keys, guitar, vibes. He also plays drums and bass guitar. What's good here is what he does with all his instrumental prowess. A George Benson-esque atmosphere and a real sense to the improvisational journey is part of the outcome neatly curtailed and endowed with a lot of life. Mrakpor plays coherent choruses that groove and sparkle to capture the musical space in this sunny highly radio-friendly sound sphere. The Londoner creates his own all-engrossing world. SG