Animative
by Josh Johnson
- Type: Album
- Released: 2026-10-23
- Label: International Anthem Recording Company, International Anthem Recording Co., Nonesuch
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:50
- Community rating: 3.5/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Saxophonist and composer Josh Johnson returns with his new album 'Animative'. The record offers an innovative approach to contemporary jazz, featuring intricate instrumental phrasing and forward-thinking improvisational structures layered over subtle rhythmic pulses.
Genres
Descriptors: improvisational, intricate, saxophone, experimental, complex
Tracklist
- Idiofone (4:39)
- Reece (3:18)
- Jazz Chord Possession (4:40)
- Aughts Hymnal (1:49)
- Mill (5:26)
- It Can Be Everywhere (5:30)
- Strays (3:20)
- High Step (3:16)
- Close (4:12)
- Upstairs 2021 (3:40)
Credits
- Josh Johnson - primary artist, composed by, arranged by, producer, recorded by, saxophone, synthesizer, sampler, piano, electric piano [rhodes], percussion, bass clarinet, guitar, drum machine [drum synthesizer]
- Aaron Denton - design, layout
- Daniel Krieger - lacquer cut by
- Dave Cooley - mastered by
- Paul Bryan - mixed by, producer, recorded by, bass
- Anna Powell Denton - photography by [cover photo by]
- Ben Lumsdaine - drums, recorded by [drums recorded by]
- Aaron Steele - producer [additional production], sampler
- Macie Stewart - violin
- Me'Shell Ndeg茅Ocello - bass
- Brandon Combs - drums
- Marlon Patton - drums
- Marquis Hill - trumpet