The 7th Hand
Studio album by
Immanuel Wilkins
ReleasedJanuary 28, 2022 (2022-01-28)
StudioSear Sound, New York, New York[1]
Genre
Length58:46
LabelBlue Note
Immanuel Wilkins chronology
Omega
(2020)		 The 7th Hand
(2022)

The 7th Hand is the second studio album by American jazz bandleader Immanuel Wilkins. It was released on January 28, 2022, under Blue Note Records.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic87/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
PopMatters8/10[6]

The 7th Hand was met with acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 87, based on 4 reviews.[5] Giovanni Russonello writes in The New York Times, “The 7th Hand,” Wilkins's newly released second album, confirms the quartet's commanding status on the scene. Another collection of all originals, it is just as unrelenting as “Omega.” On tunes like “Don’t Break” and “Shadow,” Wilkins and Thomas play the melody in loosely locked unison, shifting in and out of keys, tilting and rocking the harmonic floor beneath them. Moving like this, Wilkins can switch emotional registers, even genres, with the flick of a wrist: A simple blues lick transposes into what sounds like a heart-tugging soul line, then scrambles up into something that's undeniably jazz"[2]

Thom Jurek from AllMusic writes "The 7th Hand is a major work. It travels dazzlingly from tranquility and comfort to ambivalence, restlessness, and impatience before it engages re-entry, rebirth, and transcendence. This band understands that Wilkins' bold question may be unanswerable, but they play as if they know. They commit to asking it with music-making as compelling and inspired as it is exploratory and dazzling "

Accolades

Publications' year-end list appearances for The 7th Hand
Critic/Publication List Rank Ref
AllMusic AllMusic's Top Albums of 2022 NA [7]
The New York Times New York Times' Best Jazz Albums of 2022 #2 [8]
Jazzwise The 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2022 #3 [9]
JazzTimes Top 40 Jazz Albums of 2022 #1 [10]

Track listing

The 7th Hand track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Emanation"7:23
2."Don't Break"3:34
3."Fugitive Ritual, Selah"5:47
4."Shadow"4:44
5."Witness"3:38
6."Lighthouse"7:23
7."Lift"26:17

References

  1. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 The New York Times: On ‘The 7th Hand,’ Immanuel Wilkins Sees Jazz as an Escape Pod - The New York Times, accessdate: May 27, 2023
  3. ↑ Immanuel Wilkins Aims to Communicate the Spirit Within on The 7th Hand: Immanuel Wilkins Aims to Communicate the Spirit Within on The 7th Hand, accessdate: May 20, 2023
  4. ↑ Blue Note Records: IMMANUEL WILKINS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM "THE 7th HAND" OUT JAN. 28; LISTEN TO THE LEAD TRACK “EMANATION” - Blue Note Records, accessdate: May 20, 2023
  5. 1 2 "Metacritc Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  6. ↑ Layman, Will (18 March 2022). "Immanuel Wilkins' Second Blue Note Release Is the Real "Spiritual Jazz"". PopMatters. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "AllMusic Best of 2022". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  8. ↑ The New York Times: Best Jazz Albums of 2022 - The New York Times, accessdate: May 23, 2023
  9. ↑ Jazzwise: The 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2022 | Jazzwise, accessdate: May 24, 2023
  10. ↑ Jazzwise: The Top 40 Jazz Albums of 2022 | JazzTimes, accessdate: May 26, 2023
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