Alex Harding & Lucian Ban / “Blutopia”

□ Alex Harding & Lucian Ban / “Marrakesh”

Alex Harding & Lucian Ban BLUTOPIA
Sunnyside Records, May 17, 2024

Alex Harding - baritone saxophone
Lucian Ban - piano & Rhodes
Mat Maneri - viola & effects
Bob Stewart - tuba
Brandon Lewis - drums

デトロイトのサックス奏者と、ルーマニア出身のピアニストの出会いによるアフロ・フューチャージャズ。チューバ演奏とマネリによる電子効果が、Franck Bedrossianにも似た前衛的な響きを生み出している

For their second album for Sunnyside baritone saxophonist
Alex Harding & Transylvanian expat pianist Lucian Ban highlight their long and fruitful partnership with a singular ensemble propelled by Bob Stewart, one of the most heralded improvising tuba players in jazz and featuring drummer Brandon Lewis and iconoclast master violist Mat Maneri.