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Brad Jones

New York born Brad Christopher Jones is a bassist, composer, and educator. He has recorded, performed, and toured around the world with a diverse array of artists that include Ornette Coleman, Elvis Costello, Elvin Jones, David Byrne, Muhal Richard Abrams, Sheryl Crow, Cassandra Wilson, Dave Douglas, Vernon Reid, John Zorn, Don Byron, Marc Ribot, and The Jazz Passengers. Brad has released four recordings under his own leadership with three separate projects: “UNCIVILIZED POISE” and “THE EMBODIMENT” with his band Aka Alias, “POURING MY HEART IN” with the Brad Jones Quartet, and his latest entitled “AVANT LOUNGE” with his project of the same name. Brad is also an experienced educator who has taught workshops and master classes in France, Italy, Canada, and Mexico and is part of the music faculty at Columbia University in New York City.

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Abstraction Is Deliverance

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Ware; Per 7; Even The Sparrow; Remember Rosalind; Abstraction Is Deliverance; Multicellular Beings; Mr. Crick; Left Alone; Polaris.

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Article: Play This!

James Brandon Lewis: Ware

Read "James Brandon Lewis: Ware" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Here is a track from one of the year's most acclaimed musicians, James Brandon Lewis, who, as of late, doesn't just land in the best-of lists--he takes up multiple slots. From Abstraction Is Deliverance (Intakt Records) --featuring Lewis' tightly-knit quartet with Aruán Ortiz on piano, Brad Jones on bass and Chad Taylor on drums ...

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Article: Interview

Lucian Ban: Following Bartók's Trail Through the Transylvanian Villages

Read "Lucian Ban: Following Bartók's Trail Through the Transylvanian Villages" reviewed by Dean Nardi


It is hard to re-invent where jazz can go. Players can eschew all the conventional methods they want, but a wheel is still a wheel. This is a reason why pianist Lucian Ban's efforts to bring to light the Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist Bela Bartók's works as a field collector of folk music in 21st-century ...

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Article: Live Review

James Brandon Lewis Quartet At Solar Myth

Read "James Brandon Lewis Quartet At Solar Myth" reviewed by Carl Medsker


James Brandon Lewis Quartet Solar Myth Philadelphia, PA June 9, 2025 Freshly minted album in hand, the James Brandon Lewis quartet filed down the center aisle of Solar Myth and took the stage before a sold-out, anticipatory audience. Then, they rocked the house, establishing themselves as a top-ranked, forward-looking power quartet. ...

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Article: Album Review

James Brandon Lewis Quartet with Aruán Ortiz, Brad Jones and Chad Taylor: Abstraction Is Deliverance

Read "Abstraction Is Deliverance" reviewed by Mark Corroto


John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and David S. Ware cast long shadows over Abstraction Is Deliverance, the fifth release from the James Brandon Lewis Quartet. These tenor saxophone titans have influenced Lewis since his breakout major-label debut Divine Travels (Okeh, 2014). Yet while their legacy is acknowledged, it never overshadows the bold, present-tense expression of Lewis's own ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jamie Saft, Quispel Quintet, Leiba Trio, Funkwrench Blues & More

Read "Jamie Saft, Quispel Quintet, Leiba Trio, Funkwrench Blues & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Tributes to Thelonious Monk, Dutch novelist A.F.Th. van der Heijden, the Portuguese city of Guimarães, and much more in this intriguing playlist.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Funkwrench Blues feat. Grant Green Jr., Hamid Drake “Indelicate Balance" Mischief in the Musitorium (Funkwrench Blues) 0:16 ...

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Transfiguration

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Transfiguration; Trinity Of Creative Self; Swerve; Per 6; Black Apollo; Empirical Perception; Triptych; Élan Vital.

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Article: Play This!

David Gilmore: Musical Revolutions

Read "David Gilmore: Musical Revolutions" reviewed by Mike Jacobs


After departing the prodigious fusion band Lost Tribe and after a notable stint in Trilok Gurtu's Crazy Saints band, guitarist David Gilmore released a less fusion-oriented solo debut, Ritualism (Kashka Music, 2000). The move toward more traditional sonics however, did not mean the music was any less exploratory. Case in point is “Musical Revolutions" with its ...

Article: Live Review

Spaceways 2024

Read "Spaceways 2024" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


Spaceways 2024 Mart, Auditorium Melotti Rovereto 17-18.5.2024 La rassegna Spaceways, giunta quest'anno alla seconda edizione, viaggia su una proposta allargata, tra jazz, elettronica, pop sofisticato, sound art, danza, performance e dj set. Il jazz ha ricevuto ampio spazio in uno dei due fine settimana della programmazione, con scelte significative che attingono ...


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