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Kevin Sun is a saxophonist and composer living in New York City. His music has been called “...intense, harmonically virtuosic and compositionally complex" by DownBeat Magazine, and he has released seven albums to date—most recently, Quartets, in October 2024.

Sun has also recorded four albums with the ensembles Mute, Earprint, and Great On Paper, and he appears on recordings led by Jacob Garchik, Dana Saul, Xiongguan Zhang, and Elijah Shiffer.

In addition to performing in the U.S., Sun has performed extensively in China and has served as the Artistic Director of the Blue Note China Jazz Orchestra

Album

Kevin Sun, II.

By Kevin Sun

Label: Endectomorph
Released: 2027
Track listing: Unformed; Shrouded By Fog (Souls Prologue; Souls Of Mist; Song No 2; Laura Palmer's Theme; Belong; Sonny; Forest Corridors.

Album

Kevin Sun, I.

By Kevin Sun

Label: Endectomorph
Released: 2026
Track listing: Go In; Souls Of Fire; Forenoon; Between Night And Day; Hold Music; Bedrooms; Riot In Lagos.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Sylvie Courvoisier, FROTAE, Michael Dease & More

by Bob Osborne
October 2, 2026

This playlist brings together a wide-ranging collection of brand new and forthcoming releases across disparate sub-genres, avant-garde experimentation, contemporary grooves, big band arrangements, and free improvisation. Spanning fifteen fresh tracks, the sequence showcases dense harmonic layers, complex rhythmic explorations, cinematic textures, and forward-thinking modern jazz where each piece carves out its own unique territory offering a ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

An outstanding new release from Emma Dayhuff featuring Isaiah Collier and Paul Cornish, Kevin Sun's latest, Jane Ira Bloom and Caleb Wheeler Curtis with Jason Moran

by Hobart Taylor
September 30, 2026

Music from Anna Webber's latest projects, her nonet and Shimmer and Wince, saxophonist Alain Bradette and a classic cut from Frank Wess. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Jane Ira Bloom “ White Tower" from Light from a Person (Outline) 00:07 Alain Bradette"Lunatic" from For My Loved Ones (Quantum Gravity) 06:24 Host Speaks 13:10 Anna Webber ...

Article: Album Review

Kevin Sun: Kevin Sun, I.

Read "Kevin Sun, I." reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
September 15, 2026

New York-based saxophonist Kevin Sun went deep into the concept of memory in his The Sustain of Memory (2020) and The Depths of Memory (2023), both on his Endectopmorph Records. The first half of his 2026 project, Kevin Sun, I goes deep into...Kevin Sun? Sun takes his inspiration from seemingly everywhere: video games, sitting ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases From Sam Blakeslee And More

by Bob Osborne
August 20, 2026

Music has always been a reflection of the moment--an ever evolving landscape shaped by innovation, tradition, and reinvention. This selection of new releases and re-releases brings together a fascinating cross-section of sounds, moving from expansive large-ensemble arrangements and intricate modern jazz compositions to free improvisation and avant--garde exploration. Whether driven by deep grooves, striking dynamic contrasts, ...

Album

Quartets

By Kevin Sun

Label: Endectomorph Records
Released: 2024
Track listing:
CD 1:
Dance Notation; Far East Western (Prelude); Far East Western; Shadows Over the Sea; Melpomene; And the Oscar Goes To; Storied History; Title Theme: The Legend of Zelda (Ocarina of Time).
CD 2:
Heideggerdashian; Homage Kondo; On the Street Where You Live; Rudderless Blues (0r, Obscure Motions; That Lights a Star; Outlawry; Tbh; Pixelate; Yellow Magic (Tong Poo); Estate; Kierkegaadashian.

Album

City Of Birds, Volume 3: Fly By Night Blues

By Elijah Shiffer

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Scops; I Know I'll Find Her Soon; Big John's Pond; Hawknights; Who Hoots For Toot?; I'm All Ears; Fly By Night Blues; Mock Nocturne; Robins Already; Postscript For Flaco.

Album

For These Streets

By Adam O'Farrill

Label: Out Of Your Head Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Swimmers; Nocturno, 1932; Scratching the Surface of a Dream; Migration; Speeding Blots of Ink; Streets; And So On; The Break Had Not Come; Rose; Late June.