The River Doesn't Like Strangers - Chelsea Carmichael (2021)

Carmichael brings her Jamaican musical heritage to her thoroughly modern sax technique.

The record is a solid mix of conventional and less-conventional approaches to jazz, dub, and reggae.

Excellent end-to-end.

Tracks I Liked

Bone and Soil - a ballad of sorts, with a beautiful sax tone

Myriad - more hectic but still well-organized

Noor - a wicked walking bassline leads into a series of distinctive solos