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Andrew Rathbun

Toronto native Andrew Rathbun is widely esteemed as one of the most creative and accomplished saxophonists, composers and bandleaders of his generation. On tenor and soprano saxophones he has achieved a rare depth of lyricism, authoritative swing and compositional intelligence. Recording steadily as a leader since the late 1990s, he has documented his stirring original music with an array of extraordinary lineups, featuring the talents of such greats as Kenny Wheeler, Billy Hart, George Garzone, Phil Markowitz and Bill Stewart. “Rathbun’s lines dance and glide,” writes David Whiteis of JazzTimes, “reflecting both childlike wonder and well-honed artistry.” Rooted in the fiery improvisatory legacy of post-bop jazz, Rathbun’s music is also deeply informed by classical composition

Episodes

By Andrew Rathbun

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2027
Track listing: 1 NINE (Andrew Rathbun) 5:31 2 INTO THE VOID I (Andrew Rathbun) 1:50 3 INTO THE VOID II (Andrew Rathbun) 4:23 4 INTO THE VOID III (Andrew Rathbun) 8:14 5 STILL LIFE IN THREE LINES (Andrew Rathbun) 5:20 6 RED CROSS (Charlie Parker) 2:55 7 INVISIBLE MAPS (Andrew Rathbun) 5:26 8 EPISODES I (Andrew Rathbun) 3:28 9 EPISODES II (Andrew Rathbun) 3:16 10 EPISODES III (Andrew Rathbun) 4:44 11 INCANTATION (Andrew Rathbun) 4:10 12 BOO BOO'S BIRTHDAY (Thelonious Monk) 13 RED CROSS (Charlie Parker) 2:22 Total Playing Time 58:01

Dream Suites vol. 1

By Samo Salamon

Label: Samo Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Drums Suite; Djembe Suite; Freedom March Suite.

Western Jazz Collective: Dark Journey: The Music of Andrew Rathbun

by Jack Bowers
March 7, 2025

The Western Jazz Collective is a seven-member co-op group that actually hails from America's Midwest--more specifically, Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo--where the ensemble's crew serve as members of the faculty. The designation “Western" thus refers to the university rather than the septet's geographic location. Be that as it may, what infuses and animates ...

Popular Jazz Songs: 2024

by Michael Ricci
January 2, 2025

All About Jazz tracks how often a featured song is heard, and the following represent the most popular in 2024. If you missed them the first time around, give them a listen now, and enjoy! Click the album cover to listen to the song. Dive Into The Deep Blue From: ...

Dark Journey: The Music of Andrew Rathbun

By Andrew Rathbun

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Making No Sense; Infinite Being; National Nightmare; Different Directions; February First; Longer Wait; Echoes; Line; Reading the Exits.

National Nightmare

October 19, 2024

Album: Dark Journey: The Music of Andrew Rathbun
By Andrew Rathbun
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 05:54

The Speed Of Time

By Andrew Rathbun

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Speed Of Time; Could It Be?: Widen The Doorway; Wandering?; Fast 5th; Velocity Unknown; Still A Thing; Tooth and Nail.

Andrew Rathbun: The Speed Of Time

by Dan McClenaghan
December 5, 2023

Not one to avoid concepts and ambitious outings, Andrew Rathbun's to-date masterpiece, The Atwood Suites (Origin Records, 2018), explored the poetry of his countrywoman, writer Margaret Atwood. In 2023, he tackles time. Time is a funny thing. Its perceived speed is malleable. It tends toward an increasing velocity as one moves into middle age ...

JD Parran and Mark Deutsch, Daniel Carter, & Irreversible Entanglements

by Maurice Hogue
October 2, 2023

California Street Sessions, a new duo recording by reed master JD Parran and bassist Mark Deutsch, is intriguing, particularly when consider the instrumentation: Parran plays a seldom-heard contralto clarinet while Deutsch plays the bazantar, a hybrid bass that he invented himself. The music's excellent too. Other new albums sampled this week come from Daniel Carter and ...