James Brandon Lewis Quartet - Molecular (2020)

2020 - Intakt Records: Intakt CD 350
http://www.intaktrec.ch/350-a.htm
https://jamesbrandonlewis./album/molecular

* James Brandon Lewis: tenor saxophone
* Aruán Ortiz : piano
* Brad Jones : bass
* Chad Taylor : drums, mbira

https://www.jblewis.com/
http://www.aruan-ortiz.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Jones_(bassist)
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chad-taylor-mn0002551488

Recorded by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon,
New York, USA, on January 13, 2020.

Reviews
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by S. Victor Aaron
https://somethingelsereviews.com/2020/10/08/james-brandon-lewis-quartet-molecular-2020/

[...]

Another aspect that sets Molecular apart from just a ‘solid’ jazz record is a
special group dynamic amongst guys who love to take chances and willing to take
roads lass traveled. Lewis makes the 6/8 flow of “Molecular” integral to the
melody, and Jones’ harmonic complement on bass gives it a nice groove, fertile
ground for Ortiz and Lewis to solo over. “An Anguish Departed” smolders over a
rhumba rhythm where Lewis doesn’t even enter until halfway through, but until
then Ortiz is holding down the fort forcefully, displaying a unique, confident
style that perfectly parallels the leader’s. “Loverly” is a delicate closing,
and Jones steps up front to render a soul-probing passage.

[...]

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Intakt Records
http://www.intaktrec.ch/rev350-a.htm

By Nick Metzger
https://www.freejazzblog.org/2020/12/james-brandon-lewis-quartet-molecular.html

By Dan McClenaghan
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/molecular-james-brandon-lewis-intakt-records

By Tim Niland
https://jazzandblues..com/2020/10/james-brandon-lewis-quartet-molecular.html

By Dave Cantor
https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/molecular

Jan Granlie (dk)
https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/james-brandon-lewis-quartet/

Cyriel Pluimakers (nl)
http://www.jazzenzo.nl/?e=4586

Por Fabricio Vieira (pt)
http://www.freeformfreejazz.org/2020/12/play-it-again.html

Por «el intruso» (es)
https://elintruso.com/james-brandon-lewis-presenta-a-su-nuevo-cuarteto-en-molecular/