Matana RobertsBest Matana Roberts Albums Ranked
8.1
Avg Score
9
Opinions
5
Albums
4
Reviewers
Summary from 9 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Matana Roberts's catalog across 5 albums from 9 opinions, with an overall average of 8.1/10. The top-rated Matana Roberts album is Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis (2019) with a 8.5/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres and Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden.... The discography on Wavelength spans 2011 to 2023.
Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis
“The fourth installment of Matana Roberts' COIN COIN series is instantly one of the decade's most compelling jazz projects.”
Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis
“In the fourth volume of a proposed 12-part suite, the saxophonist fuses free jazz and folk spirituals into an ecstatic confrontation with American history at its darkest.”
Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee
“The third installment of Matana Roberts' planned 12-record series COIN COIN, intended as her personal and political exploration of African-American history, is a seamless solo improvisation for electronics, multi-tracked voices, and saxophones. These 46 minutes are magnetic and inescapable.”
Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
“Mississippi Moonchile, the second installment of saxophonist Matana Roberts' Coin Coin series, focuses on the life of her grandmother, a poor Southern girl who grew up in an era of keen turbulence that spanned the Great Depression, World War II, and America’s crawl toward civil rights.”
Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres
“**Favorite tracks:** POV PITI, KERSALIA, LIBATION FOR MR. BROWN: BID 'EM IN..., LULLA/BYE, I AM [Watch the review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hpw4H18k3M)”
Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee
“The latest installment of Matana Roberts' Coin Coin series shifts the narrative down a drone-laden, cluttered pathway.”
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