Erika Dohi, Moby, Wildflower, Hasan Ibn Ali Other New Releases [Mondo Jazz 156-2]

Tributes, pianists, and tributes to pianists at the core of this show, from the hommages to Paul Jackson by John Patitucci, Ennio Morricone by Stefano Di Battista, Alice Coltrane by Il Sogno and Hasan Ibn Ali by Brian Marsella to available-at-last music by Ali himself and British pianist Mike Taylor both as leader and composer for Cream. To top things up the remarkable debut album by New York based Japanese pianist Erika Dohi [pictured] with a track featuring special guests Ambrose Akinmusire and Immanuel Wilkins, Berlin based Japanese veteran pianist Aki Takase, the spiritual jazz of Wildflower, the unstoppable groove of The Bamboos and a quasi-Morriconean reprise of Moby's hit "Natural Blues" feat. Gregory Porter. The playlist features The Bamboos; John Patitucci; Stefano di Battista; Moby, Gregory Porter; Wildflower; Il Sogno; Erika Dohi; Aki Takase, Christian Weber, Michael Griener; Hasan Ibn Ali; Brian Marsella; Mike Taylor; and Cream. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/13220267/Mondo-Jazz (from The Bamboos onward). Photo credit: Shervin Lainez.