Jonathan Barahal Taylor

Kenji Lee's Fortune Teller Trio: Kyūdō

by Troy Dostert
January 6, 2023

Detroit-based tenor saxophonist Kenji Lee brings a heady concept to his latest release, Kyūdō. Drawing inspiration from the practice of Japanese archery, Lee sees his music as a pathway to spiritual growth, a process in which technical mastery and an abiding aesthetic sensibility are conjoined. Harnessing the sympathetic partnership of his colleagues, bassist Andy Peck and drummer Jonathan Barahal Taylor, Lee offers fourteen evocative tracks in which skillful musicianship and sublime beauty go hand-in-hand. The majority of the ...