“American polymath Meshell Ndegeocello won a Grammy for her 2023 LP The Omnichord Real Book, and this multi-voiced, jazz-adjacent theatrical opus ramps up the veteran bassist and singer’s ambitions further. Marking the centenary of the writer James Baldwin’s birth, and with its roots in a Baldwin-themed 2016 performance, this 17-track outing reconsiders his work in the light of the 2020 #BlackLives”
