CHARTS. INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS, June & July 2022

Week ending July 12, 2022, ALRIGHT! is #1 Jazz at WWOZ of New Orleans
and at WCRU of Colgate University, Upstate New York. LOVE OVER WAR is 
#1 Jazz at WZRD in Chicago. 
 

July 7, KARLE ROBINSON interviews Roger and Don on KKFI, Kansas City, Missouri, and plays "Love Over War, ... with verse" (Erica Falls guest singer) from LOVE OVER
WAR and "Glory Glory Glory Is For Us All" and "Little Things with verse" from
ALRIGHT!

 

June 29, ANDREW COMER of Offbeat reviews ALRIGHT! and LOVE OVER WAR.

'ALRIGHT! represents not so much a debut, but another cornerstone in a career that is as long, storied, and resplendent as a stone cathedral window…. Lewis shines yet again, adding another jewel in a chest of musical avenues that have already made him such a legend in the canon of New Orleans jazz.’
 

‘The sides of Paul’s artistry only get more pronounced from there [”Get Your JAM ON!”], with the following tracks providing a stage for his musical skill as well as his gifts as a poet…. On “Glory, Glory, Glory is For Us All,” Paul and his band, Rivers Answer Moons, turn their mix of jazz and poetry into a kind of reverie ... Everyone shines in their own way on this track, and no one is left in the shadows.... I believe the most striking attribute of Love Over War is its diversity.’

June 24, DODIE MILLER-GOULD of LEMONWIRE reviews ALRIGHT!

“Alright!” is a jazz album that spans a breadth of musical influences. …

“Carrying The Saxophones”

A range of saxophones play a hearty bluesy motif, that shines with a touch of Gospel. The horns’ lines are smooth and full, allowing listeners to appreciate the qualities of each type. The mood here is not just of cacophonous risk-taking; instead, full ideas bloom in the completion of each measure.

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The sound and the rhythm are danceable, but there's no denyng the art of what

Lewis is doing.'

June 9, DAVID JOHNSON explores LOVE OVER WAR and plays "Get Your JAM On!"
and "Bobee (What A Spirit Walks That Way" with the Rivers Answer Moons band (Roger Lewis, Herlin Riley, Kirk Joseph, Mario Abney and Michael Torregano Jr.) and 'About Reinaldo, Mourning and Outrage' with Kidd Jordan and Morikeba Kouyaté.

June 30, ANDREW COMER of OFFBEAT reviews ALRIGHT!

'ALRIGHT! represents not so much a debut, but another cornerstone in a career that is as long, storied, and resplendent as a stone cathedral window…. Lewis shines yet again, adding another jewel in a chest of musical avenues that have already made him such a legend in the canon of New Orleans jazz.’

June 30, ANDREW COMER of OFFBEAT reviews LOVE OVER WAR

‘The sides of Paul’s artistry only get more pronounced from there (”Get Your JAM ON!”], with the following tracks providing a stage for his musical skill as well as his gifts as a poet…. 

I believe the most striking attribute of LOVE OVER WAR is its diversity.’

June 14, 2022 North American Community and College Radio (NACC) chart of Jazz albums'play on radio-stations for the preceding Week. Chart provided by Kate
Smith Promotions.