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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.

Omni

By James Brandon Lewis

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Omnipotent; The Sermon; Fire in My Bones; Testify; Omniscient; Call to Worship; Line Upon Line; Spirit of the Living God; Omnipresent.

Abstraction Is Deliverance

By James Brandon Lewis

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.

Jazzfest Berlin 2026

by John Sharpe
November 11, 2026

Jazzfest Berlin Haus der Berliner FestspieleGermany October 29-November 1, 2026 IntroJazzfest Berlin remains one of the world's most prestigious jazz festivals. It brings together historical continuity, contemporary experimentation, international collaboration and community engagement, while retaining a substantial audience. The 2026 edition maintained that breadth, presenting 135 musicians from more ...

Jazzfest Berlin 2026

by Giuseppe Segala
November 10, 2026

Jazzfest Berlin 2026 Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Quasimodo Jazz Club, A-Train Jazz Club, Chiesa monumentale Kaiser Wilhelm Berlino 29 ottobre--1 novembre 2026 Il cielo sopra Berlino è plumbeo, con qualche sprazzo di luce che trapela brevemente, prima che torni l'atmosfera cupa. Ma attorno alla Haus der Berliner Festspiele, dove si svolge ...

James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Omni

by Kevin Poindexter
June 26, 2026

James Brandon Lewis is on a remarkable run. Deface the Currency (Impulse!, 2026), his second collaborative album with the Messthetics, placed him at the cutting edge of the fiery fusion of punk and jazz. While that record proved he could invoke the power and fury of 60s Detroit band MC5's rock-and-roll testimonial Are You Ready to ...

Jazz&Wine of Peace 2025

by Neri Pollastri
November 5, 2025

Jazz&Wine of Peace 2025 Varie sedi Cormòns 23-26.10.2025 L'edizione 2025 del Jazz&Wine of Peace, la ventottesima, era anche la prima con un nuovo direttore artistico: a Mauro Bardusco, che da sempre curava la rassegna e che--nonostante la sua scomparsa nel luglio dell'anno scorso --aveva progettato anche la quasi totalità di quella ...

James Brandon Lewis: Ware

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 27, 2025

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 ...

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

by Dean Nardi
June 18, 2025

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 ...

James Brandon Lewis Quartet At Solar Myth

by Carl Medsker
June 16, 2025

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. ...