Season of Changes

by Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band / Brian Blade

4 stars out of 5 -- "[S]teeped in spiritual yearning. Blade interlaces his compositions with dramatic flair and soft sobriety, asserting himself on skins when needed but never overwhelming the group's tender balance of voices."
4 stars out of 5 -- "Broadly evocative of '70s deep jazz and prog rock, both Blade's and pianist Jon Cowherd's originals tend toward a grand melancholy which gives the group an expansive quality."
"The Fellowship interacts like a jazz group even as it purveys a monumental, suitelike sensibility, with complex forms, big narrative arcs and prevailing folk-rock melancholy."