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In the first half of saxophonist Kevin Sun's 2026 simultaneous release project, Kevin Sun, I. (Endectomorph, 2026), the artist took the sound into an adventurous, walk-on-the-wild-side territory. His Kevin Sun, II. pulls it back closer to the mainstream--sort of. Both of the outings are sax-and-a-rhythm-section recordings--I. featuring a guitar in the chording chair, and II, with a piano. The former rises to almost John Coltrane-like freedom; the latter sounds more like Dexter Gordon or maybe Sonny Rollins, laying down some ...

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Kevin Sun: Kevin Sun, I.

Read "Kevin Sun, I." reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
September 15, 2026

New York-based saxophonist Kevin Sun went deep into the concept of memory in his The Sustain of Memory (2020) and The Depths of Memory (2023), both on his Endectopmorph Records. The first half of his 2026 project, Kevin Sun, I goes deep into...Kevin Sun? Sun takes his inspiration from seemingly everywhere: video games, sitting on hold waiting for service from the IRS phone system (track 6, “Hold Music"), John Coltrane ( track 1, “Go In"), Ryuichi Sakamoto, heavy ...

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Adam O'Farrill: Elephant

Read "Elephant" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
May 4, 2026

Dopo quattro album di altissimo livello col pianoless quartet, Adam O'Farrill giunge al capolavoro con un nuovo organico comprendente la pianista Yvonne Rogers, il contrabbassista Walter Stinson e il batterista Russell Holzman. Il progetto è stato presentato in anteprima alla Jazz Gallery di New York il 10 e 11 settembre 2024 e l'incisione è di alcuni giorni successiva. Appena trentenne, il trombettista è un solista e compositore prodigioso, che da un decennio esprime alte doti creative. Questo è ...

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Adam O'Farrill: Elephant

Read "Elephant" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 16, 2026

On Elephant, trumpeter Adam O'Farrill steers his ensemble through music that is deliberate and quietly volatile. The writing favors asymmetry without sounding academic, and the group responds with alert patience. Moreover, brass lines hover and fracture while the rhythm moves in angled cycles. The album avoids easy dramatics, building tension through restraint. O'Farrill often treats the trumpet as a colorist's tool--sketching edges rather than bold outlines, entering sideways to shade harmony rather than lead it. The band functions ...

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Kevin Sun: Quartets

Read "Quartets" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
February 4, 2025

Dopo The Sustain of Memory (Endectomorph, 2019) e il suo ideale seguito The Depths of Memory , ecco il terzo album doppio del talentuoso sassofonista e compositore Kevin Sun. Rispetto ai precedenti, veri e propri concept album costruiti nella forma di suites dall'ampio respiro e con formazioni a geometria variabile, Quartets presenta alcune sostanziali novità. Due sedute di registrazione distinte, la prima datata 2022, la seconda 2023, due differenti quartetti, la classica suddivisione in brani strutturati tra tempi ...

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Kevin Sun: Quartets

Read "Quartets" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
November 2, 2024

Sometimes, talent calls out, other times, it is acknowledged with a nod. For saxophonist and composer Kevin Sun, both are obvious. The mastery of his instrument is a given; it is just that his music is never flashy or overindulgent, thus the nod. That fact is evident in previous discs on his Endectomorph Music label; the live trio recording The Fate Odyssey The Tenor (2023), 3 Bird (2021), (Un)Seaworthy (2020) and The Sustain Of Memory (2019). Sun's growing discography is ...

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Kevin Sun: Quartets

Read "Quartets" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
October 10, 2024

Saxophonist Kevin Sun goes big again. Sustain Of Memory (2020) and 2023's Depth of Memory, both on his Endectomorph label, were two-disc offerings. And now we have Quartets, another two CD set. He is an artist with a lot to say. Each disc features Sun on tenor sax accompanied by bassist Walter Stinson. The piano and drum chairs are taken on the first CD by Dana Saul and Matt Honor, respectively. CD 2 finds Kayvon Gordon doing the ...