Hints and tips:
...As each soloist accelerated, drummer Justin Faulkner’s tight rolls, smashed cymbals and fusillades of snare would have overpowered lesser musicians, but here they were par for the course....
...Written by pianist Joey Calderazzo, the piece began with rippling two-handed piano, tightened into a cantering swing and, fuelled by Justin Faulkner’s muscular drums, ended at a gallop....
...But live the band was fired up by the polyrhythmic maelstrom of Justin Faulkner’s drumming....
...The modal influence remained strong, but there was a greater sense of history and the narrative, fuelled by remarkable young drummer Justin Faulkner, came in broad strokes....
...Branford Marsalis’s equal-partners sax-and-rhythm quartet’s first studio recording with young drummer Justin Faulkner has all the thrills of their live performances....
...Justin Faulkner is exemplary on drums, guest trumpet and bass clarinet add interesting textures and Lennon’s “Oh My Love” is one of two tracks featuring Cécile McLorin husky vocals....
...The set began with a steamy mambo from drummer Justin Faulkner and the encore fused Motown rhythms with a dirty-toned mid-range guitar....
...At this gig, the warp-factor back-beats, driving hi-hat and fractured rumbles came from 18-year-old Philadelphian drummer Justin Faulkner – Marsalis picked him out at a high school masterclass three years...
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