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One of the hottest artists in jazz these days is saxophonist James Brandon Lewis. His recordings are regarded highly, and he’s constantly evolving. Most of his recent releases have been on the Swiss Intakt label, but his latest is on Anti-, and “Eye Of I” finds JBL seeking to break Continue Reading

This edition presents some hard-hitting free improvisation from a trio of releases on the Relative Pitch label, a long-dormant unreleased session of some important saxophonists from the 90s San Francisco scene, a full hour of recent music from Europe, and two tracks from a new recording by the inimitable drummer Continue Reading

In the previous edition of OMJ I featured a lot of terrific bassists throughout the playlist. There are more this time around too, but let me tag a few specifically: Antii Lotjonen with a new recording with his Quintet East, France’s Hubert Dupont and Trio Aurore, young Arizona bassist Andrew Continue Reading