Results for "James Brandon Lewis"

James Brandon Lewis

Born: August 13, 1983

Visionary composer and tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis’s bravest, yet most palpable artistic feat, Days Of FreeMan, opens with a poignant and profound introductory monologue from a maternal sage. She says, “The best thing of living is living who you are. You can’t be somebody else; you gotta be what God gave you to be and who you are. You look in the mirror and see yourself and say ‘I’m James Brandon Lewis.”’Next, bass and drums congeal around the sapphire melodic motif of “Brother 1976,” recalling one of those jazzy jewel-like hooks from a 1990s Native Tongue hip-hop jam

Gifts

By Dave Douglas

Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Gifts; Kind of Teal; Take the 'A' Train; Rain Check; Blood Count; Day Dream; Seven Years Ago; Small Bar; Third Dream; Goodbyes.

The Messthetics And James Brandon Lewis

Label: Impulse! Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: L'Orso; Emergence; That Thang; Three Sisters; Boatly; The Time Is The Place; Railroad Tracks Home; Asthenia; Fourth Wall.

Laugh Ash

By Ches Smith

Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Minimalism; Remote Convivial; Sweatered Webs (Hey Mom); Shaken, Stirred Silence; The Most Fucked; Winter Sprung; Disco Inferred; Unyielding Daydream Welding; Exit Shivers.

Peter Van Huffel, Mary Halvorson & Liba Villavechia

by Maurice Hogue
May 7, 2024

Canadian expat-saxophonist Peter Van Huffel has found a place amidst that hotbed of free-wheeling music in Berlin, and his latest release with his band Callisto reinforces his position as one of the exciting voices working today. Meandering Demons out on Clean Feed introduces a newer band with (Clean Feed) with another Canadian who spends a lot ...

Dave Douglas: Gifts

by Mark Corroto
May 5, 2024

When does one become an elder statesman in jazz? Is it a function of age? Awards? Discography? While that question is up for debate, it is beyond doubt that Dave Douglas is an éminence grise, except one who definitely does not work behind the scenes. When did he achieve this status? Was it when he was ...

Lionel Hampton, Michel Camilo, Marta Sanchez and more

by David Brown
April 30, 2024

Tonight, a pair of tunes from Philly's Brecker Bros.; a Latin jazz set with Michel Camilo, Rachel Therrin, Juan Tizol, Tito Puente and more; all followed by works form James Brandon Lewis' three most recent releases. We'll continue with a birthday set for Lionel Hampton and more. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, ...

New Music From Max Light, The Brenan Brothers, Sarah Jerrom, Altin Sencalar And More

by Bob Osborne
April 25, 2024

On this show we feature music from Max Light, The Brenan Brothers, Sarah Jerrom, Altin Sencalar, Tom Collier, Shabaka Hutchings, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, Lucia Fodde, Tony Adamo, DigDogDo, Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Alice Coltrane. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Max Light “Times Had" from Chaotic Neutral (AGS ...

James Brandon Lewis: For Mahalia With Love (Expanded Edition)

by Stefano Merighi
April 22, 2024

La musica di James Brandon Lewis è potente, assertiva, trascinante. Ma rivela talvolta, sotto lo strato di forza, una sottile e affascinante vulnerabilità emotiva, che rende ancora più ricco il suo discorso compositivo e solistico. Come nel caso di questo scintillante omaggio al mondo espressivo di Mahalia Jackson, che si realizza attraverso memorie familiari, quelle della ...

Dave Douglas: Gifts

by Glenn Astarita
April 12, 2024

Dave Douglas' Gifts emerges not merely as a collection of tracks but as an opulent gala in honor of the eternal essence of music, welcoming audiences across the spectrum of generations to partake in its celebration. This project is akin to a masterfully blended concoction of shared human emotions and experiences, articulated through the universal dialect ...