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He’s back! Actually, it seems music by saxophonist James Brandon Lewis is always around. This time it’s his quartet with a new release on Intakt Records that continues JBL’s magical run. Perhaps young saxophonist Fall Raye will be find a similar path to acclaim and demand. Their new “Fall” is Continue Reading

Genre-stretching albums dot this episode’s playlist that should evoke some deep thinking. Vocalist Amirtha Kidambi and her Elder Ones band espouse protest and change in their music, heightened by the George Floyd murder in 2020. The Ewart/Asplin/Ricks Trio, featuring AACM master reedist and sometimes poet, Douglas Ewart, combine free improvisation, Continue Reading

Highlight tracks in this edition include tuba master Joseph Daley’s second volume of his “Tuba Chronicles”, a similar second volume of “Causa Y Effecto” by drummer Francisco Mela and saxophonist/flautist Zoh Amba, pianist Eva Novoa’s new trio with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Devin Gray, and Quiet Tree, a trio Continue Reading