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Interview with James Brandon Lewis & Further Notable New Releases

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
March 19, 2018
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In this episode we interview saxophone titan James Brandon Lewis, and sample music from his upcoming duo album Radiant Imprints with Chad Taylor.

Playlist

Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash and Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
Caroline Davis "Dionisyan" from Heart Tonic (Sunnyside) 00:16
Host talk 7:44
Dafnis Prieto Big Band "Song for Chico (feat. Steve Coleman)" from Back to the Sunset (Dafnison) 9:16
Roman Filiu "Imperator" from Quarteria (Sunnyside) 16:38
Aruan Ortiz Trio "Alone Together" from Live in Zurich (Intakt) 19:50
Host talk 27:48
Nels Cline "Furtive" from Currents, Constellations (Blue Note) 31:01
Bill Frisell "Rambler" from Music IS (OKeh) 35:50
Yellow Bird "Rust and Bones" from Edda Lou (Enja) 38:38
Host talk 43:50
Interview with James Brandon Lewis Part 1 44:47
James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor "Twenty-four" from Radiant Imprints (Off) 49:24
Interview with James Brandon Lewis Part 2 53:50
James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor "With Sorrow Lonnie" from Radiant Imprints (Off) 57:30

James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor "Improv 1" from Radiant Imprints (Off) 1:09:16

Interview with James Brandon Lewis Part 4 1:14:00

James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor "Imprints" from Radiant Imprints (Off) 1:20:06

John Surman "The Admiral" from Invisible Threads (ECM) 1:28:30

Host talk 1:33:39

Sebastien Texier & Christophe Marguet 4et "Eddie H" from For Travellers Only (Cristal) 1:34:40

Host talk 1:40:19

Louis Sclavis, Bernard Lubat "Trois et Quatre" from Impuls (Cristal) 1:41:59

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