James Lewis Brandon - Code of BeingThe charismatic saxophonist and composer James BrandonLewis is the musician of the moment in the broad field of contemporaryjazz. With Code of Being, James Brandon Lewisnow presents his second album. The debut CD Molecular,which Lewis recorded with his quartet in 2020 just a fewmonths before Lockdown, was roundly acclaimed as one of themost exciting releases in 2020 (Intakt CD 350). Code of Being is a powerful work consisting of eight compositionsby

"YES: welcome to transgressive zones of sound

On three tracks

Nippon Columbia

We chose 10 out of the 30 songs I'd written since moving to Austin a year and a half before the recording

Birdsong is also a means of determining their species

City of the Living Dead (a

LA's Got Me Down is painted with the city's qualities varying in tone from grim and passionate to reflective and dreamy

the choir focuses on performing challenging repertoire of all periods with particular emphasis on performing art music of our time

played on a French organ by a French organist - a resounding commitment to the French tradition

as well as opening for The Obsessed

and Spider Wilson

32 tracks from 1956-1967 - German Rock 'n' Roll in it's pure form