Irreversible Entanglements

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Irreversible Entanglements playing Rhizome in Washington, D.C. on March 8, 2020
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Irreversible Entanglements is an American free jazz collective formed in 2015. [1] [2] The improvising quintet consists of vocalist Camae Ayewa (also known as Moor Mother), drummer Tcheser Holmes, trumpeter Aquiles Navarro, saxophonist Keir Neuringer, and bassist Luke Stewart. [3] [4] Their albums have been celebrated as among the best in new music by The Wire , [5] [6] The Quietus , [7] Magnet , [8] NPR Music, [9] [10] [11] and Stereogum . [12] [13]

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History and career

The members of Irreversible Entanglements met through music and activism: bassist Luke Stewart shared bills with Camae Ayewa's band the Mighty Paradocs; saxophonist Keir Neuringer worked with Books Through Bars, whose events Ayewa has emceed; and the trio of Ayewa, Stewart, and Neuringer was followed by the duo of Aquiles Navarro and Tcheser Holmes at a 2015 Musicians Against Brutality event following the shooting of Akai Gurley. [1] [3]

Their 2017 debut, Irreversible Entanglements, was included in best-of-year lists in The Wire , [5] The Quietus , [7] NPR Music, [9] and in Stereogum's Best Jazz of the Decade for the 2010s. [12] Their second album, Who Sent You? , was celebrated as among 2020's best in The Wire, [6] Magnet , [8] Stereogum, [13] AllMusic, [14] and NPR Music's 2020 Jazz Critics Poll. [10] Their third studio album, 2021's Open the Gates , was recognized for its expansion of the group's sound, with their range and innovation drawing comparisons to the New York Art Quartet, [15] Sun Ra, [16] and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. [17] The album was included among the year's best in NPR Music [11] and Treble. [18]

Irreversible Entanglements performed in the inaugural season of the Kennedy Center's "Direct Current" contemporary culture showcase. [19]

The group's instrumentalists also performed on Ayewa's debut theatrical work, Circuit City . [20]

Discography

Studio albums
Live albums

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