Apple Cores

by James Brandon Lewis

Apple Cores cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 February 2025
  • Label: Anti-
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:49
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis continues his remarkably consistent run of modern avant-garde jazz releases with 'Apple Cores'. The instrumental collection balances fierce, uninhibited acoustic improvisation with the undeniable rhythmic undertow of underlying jazz-funk structures.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, rhythmic, avant-garde, instrumental, experimental, progressive, fusion

Tracklist

  1. Apple Cores #1 (2:50)
  2. Prince Eugene (4:52)
  3. Five Spots to Caravan (4:18)
  4. Of Mind and Feeling (2:41)
  5. Apple Cores #2 (3:37)
  6. Remember Brooklyn & Moki (4:48)
  7. Broken Shadows (3:26)
  8. D.C. Got Pocket (4:56)
  9. Apple Cores #3 (3:13)
  10. Don't Forget Jayne (3:41)
  11. Exactly, Our Music (3:22)

Credits

  • James Brandon Lewis Trio - primary artist, written-by [all compositions written & arranged by]
  • Josh Werner - bass, guitar
  • Travis Vasquez - cover, painting
  • Chad Taylor - drums, mbira
  • Guilherme Monteiro - guitar
  • David Cheppa - lacquer cut by
  • Stephane San Juan - percussion
  • James Brandon Lewis - saxophone

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