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December 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Dinner Party: Dinner Party – Dessert

Dinner Party Dinner Party: Dessert Sounds of Crenshaw / EMPIRE In the middle of this year (the American summer) a supergroup rather quietly snuck into place. All of its members had worked together in various combinations or at least mixed in the same musical circles – but it’s a stacked deck: Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin, […]

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July 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: July (2) 2020

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… This […]

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July 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Dinner Party: Dinner Party

Dinner Party Dinner Party Sounds of Crenshaw / EMPIRE What a supergroup! Dinner Party is the name of the band-project and the name of this 7-track mini-album/EP featuring Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper and 9th Wonder. That’s almost too much talent to pack into one studio on any given day – and this mini-album […]

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August 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? – A Hypothetical: What Musician Would You Invite To A Meal?

So there are all these hypothetical situations people talk about – five famous people you can have over for dinner; you can – apparently – traverse time with this (makes sense I guess, being that it’s a hypothetical). You can cherry-pick from the eras, have a seating plan that includes Abraham Lincoln sitting across from […]