Zoe Rahman: Dreamland review – jaunty, eclectic jazz from fast-rising pianist

(Manushi)The British/Bengali pianist Zoe Rahman, a Mobo winner in 2012 for her rootsy world-folk album Kindred Spirits, seems to have been focusing her thoughts on more intimate music in recent years. She toured with Courtney Pine a a popular ballads-devoted duo, worked with the double-bass star George Mraz and now release her first solo piano album of originals and jazz evergreens, with first takes producing most of the forceful and tender results. Rahman’s bass-stamping, McCoy Tyner-inf...

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