Jazz Articles about Andrew Stern

Jared Sims: Hellbender: the Resistance

by Geannine Reid
October 2, 2023

Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Jared Sims has taken a bold step with his latest project. Hellbender: The Resistance, released April 7, 2023, captures Sims' desire to blend the improvisational freedom of jazz with the intense rhythms of rock. Inspired by such groundbreaking jazz albums as Steve Grossman's Some Shapes to Come (PM, 1974) and Miles Davis' On the Corner) (Columbia, 19720, Sims also weaves in the deep grooves of dub reggae and funk music. For Hellbender: The Resistance, Sims ...