Walter Smith III - In Common III

2022 CD release.

"The high-profile sidemen make their first foray into abstract electronica with like-minded guests."
Financial Times

"In Common III is far from a casual blowing date designed to show off the players’ chops. With their shifting textures and compositional variety, the tracks show the ways — in this case mostly gentle and lyrical — five musicians can fruitfully interact."
The Arts Fuse

"The pervasive vibe is playful and relaxed, that of five empathetic intergenerational master-musicians having fun while gently pushing the envelope."
All About Jazz

A truly exceptional addition to Whirlwind's catalogue of adventurous albums by international artists made much the more enjoyable by the leader's mischievous sense of humour that can be experienced as much on the album's cover as in the music."
London Jazz

"One-Off Quintet Makes Unique, Ego-Free Jazz... Uncommonly good."
Musically Speaking

“A sterling example of interplay and individual improvisations.”
Glide Magazine

"Full of ideas and themes... Dynamically varied in pitch, tone, and texture. Some tracks have the feel of a vignette, others of a fully formed picture."
SimplyJazzTalk