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Emissary

James Wengrow

Label: Endectomorph
Released: 2026
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Tracks

Jacket Barter; Aflame Inside In Public; This Is For Us To Share; Cropsey Cabin; Arborealpolitik; Let's Call This; Deadline Junky; Emissary.

Personnel

Album Description

'Emissary' is the ambitious debut album from James Wengrow Crypsis Trio, a Brooklyn-based avant-jazz group synthesizing jazz, free improvisation, contemporary classical, and math-rock into an utterly visceral guitar trio experience. Recorded by Joseph Branciforte and mastered by Brent Lambert, the album features six original compositions forged during a tumultuous period of intercontinental displacement, alongside interpretations of John McLaughlin's "This Is For Us To Share" and Thelonious Monk's "Let's Call This."

Australian guitarist Wengrow, Danish bassist Mathias Højgaard Jensen, and New York drummer James Paul Nadien embark on impassioned journeys through rapidly shifting sonic terrains—frenetic free passages colliding with polyrhythmic grooves and math-rock precision. This is modern jazz that capitalizes on the structural ties between genres “while exploiting their differences in smart, unique ways.” (Bandcamp Daily)

'Emissary' arrives May 29, 2026, on Endectomorph Music.

James Wengrow - Guitar
Mathias Højgaard Jensen - Bass
James Paul Nadien - Drums

Composers and Publishing Information:
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 - Composed by James Wengrow (APRA AMCOS)
Track 3 - Composed by John McLaughlin (Warner Chappell Pty Ltd)
Track 6 - Composed by Thelonious Monk (Wise Music)

Recording, Mixing, and Mastering Credits:
Recorded by Joseph Branciforte on March 24 and 25, 2025, at Second Take Sound, NYC
Assistant Engineering by Trent Evans and Reed Turchi
Mixed by Joseph Branciforte at Greyfade Studio
Mastered by Brent Lambert at the Kitchen Mastering

Miscellaneous Credits:
Design by Jake Buhler
Photography by Sam Rowley
Videography by Brad Wagner
Video Editing by David Hood

This album is dedicated to the memory of Jeff Wengrow and mentors John Abercrombie, Vic Juris, and John Rodgers.