JAMES BRANDON LEWIS QUARTET
Molecular



James Brandon Lewis: Tenor Saxophone
Aruán Ortiz: Piano
Brad Jones: Bass
Chad Taylor: Drums, Mbira

Intakt CD 350 / 2020


1. A Lotus Speaks 4'31
2. Of First Importance 3'37
3. Helix 4'45
4. Per 1 1'45
5. Molecular 6'23
6. Cesaire 2'18
7. Neosho 6'59
8. Per 2 2'11
9. Breaking Code 5'33
10. An Anguish Departed 5'08
11. Loverly 3'19

All compositions by James Brandon Lewis
(JamesBrandonLewismusic/ ascap). Recorded January 13, 2020,
by Ryan Streber at OktavenAudio, Mt Vernon, NY. Mixed and
mastered February 2020 by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio.
Cover art and graphic design: Paul Bieri, Berlin.
Photos: Thomas Sayers Ellis. Liner notes: Peter Margasak.
Produced and published by Intakt Records, Patrik Landolt, Anja Illmaier, Florian Keller,
P.O.Box, 8024 Zürich, Switzerland.

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Photos by Thomas Sayers Ellis

 

Saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis possesses an inspiring energy. His deep curiosity and the thrill he gets from discovery are crucial facets of his personality, and qualities
that guide his art. Over the last half-decade he's emerged as one of the most exciting figures in jazz and improvised music, a voracious listener who rejects stylistic hierarchies and one
that has feverishly explored new ideas and embraced fresh
motivations with every new project.

Inspired by molecular biology James Brandon develops a special system for a surprising and beautiful music with his Quartet with drummer Chad Taylor, pianist Aruán Ortiz, and bassist Brad Jones. He has taken the idea of a "Molecular Systematic Music" to heart in the formulation of the compositions featured on the stunning debut album by this quartet.

James Brandon Lewis says: "I wrote out everything, but the reason I feel like the music is still free is
because the lines dictate the harmonic information. With this band the music is going to lift off the page." Listen to the recordings: The James Brandon Lewis Quartet takes off with an exuberant joy of playing and that rhythmic intensity and thematic beauty that is rooted in the jazz tradition.

 

Der Saxophonist und Komponist James Brandon Lewis besitzt eine inspirierende Energie. Im Lauf der letzten Jahre hat er sich zu einer der spannendsten Figuren des Jazz und der improvisierten Musik entwickelt. Ein Musiker, der stilistische Hierarchien ablehnt, und jemand, der fieberhaft neue Ideen erforscht und bei jedem neuen Projekt neue Anregungen aufgreift.

Inspiriert von Molekularbiologie entwickelt James Brandon ein eigens System für eine phantastische, wunderschöne Musik. Auf dem atemberaubenden Debütalbum "Molecular" spielen vier der grossen Musiker des aktuellen amerikanischen Jazz: der Schlagzeuger Chad Taylor, der Pianist Aruán Ortiz und der Bassist Brad Jones. «Es ist alles notiert," sagt er Komponist. "Aber ich empfinde die Musik trotzdem als frei, weil es die Notenlinien sind, welche die harmonischen Informationen bestimmen."

Das James Brandon Lewis Quartet hebt ab mit überbordender Spielfreude und jener in der der Jazztradition verankerten rhyhtmischen Intensität und thematischen Schönheit.

 

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