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Herlin Riley Quintet, Jazz Tent
04.18.16
New Orleans native, drummer Herlin Riley, who spent 17 years with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis’ ensembles, is, simply, something special.
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Herlin Riley – New Direction – Mack Avenue
04.11.16
Herlin Riley is a powerfully authoritative and concisely proficient drummer from New Orleans, who earned his chops in both smaller groups and more prominently as the drummer with the Wynton Marsalis lead Jazz At Lincoln Centre Orchestra.
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Herlin Riley’s Swinging, Modern Style Shines On ‘Perpetual Optimism’
05.21.19
The New Orleans drummer produces jazz with its own distinct character on his new album. Critic Kevin Whitehead says Perpetual Optimism is marked by Riley's upbeat nature and attention to detail.
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Herlin Riley: Perpetual Optimism (Mack Avenue)
05.19.19
Following his previous recordings Watch What You’re Doing, Cream of the Crescent, and New Direction, Riley’s Perpetual Optimism is infectious, engaging, and irresistible.
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Herlin Riley: Perpetual Optimism review – good-natured ease, brilliantly done
04.21.19
The tunes are lucid, the rhythms catchy, and the bright ideas keep on coming.
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Living A Childhood Dream: Music Was Always A Part Of Herlin Riley’s Life
04.21.16
“Jazz music and the concept of jazz were never foreign to me because I grew up hearing it,” says the master drummer, who was raised by his grandparents Frank and Alice Lastie in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward.
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New York Times: Herlin Riley Commands Attention on ‘New Direction’
02.17.16
This is an album on which funk and soul bend toward jazz...It’s also an album of big-brotherly purpose, stocked with sharp players mostly still in their 20s: the trumpeter Bruce Harris, the saxophonist Godwin Louis, the pianist Emmet Cohen and the bassist Russell Hall. (Mr. Martínez and the guitarist Mark Whitfield are guests.)
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Herlin Riley “New Direction”
01.14.17
In the tradition of another great jazz drummer/bandleader, Art Blakey, Herlin Riley takes his Afro-Cuban, jazz, and blues experiences and shakes them into a sound that is both new yet familiar. An entic- ing collection of modern New Orleans music; funky jazz for folks who enjoy their musical gumbo on the hot side.
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