James Brandon Lewis "Apple Cores" Magnolia Park Includes 'Texas Is Forever'

Includes 'Texas Is Forever'

inspired percussion amid a sea of imaginative guitars and impassioned vocals

its familiar 5/4 refrain stabbing through the soundtrack like the Shape’s knife

Listening to Our Endless Numbered Days makes plain Sam's deft touch with words and melody

James Brandon Lewis "Apple Cores" Magnolia Park Includes 'Texas Is Forever'Apple Cores is the latest full length album from New York tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, "one of the fiercest sounds in jazz today" (The Guardian) with a "penchant for unbound exploration" (Pitchfork). Informed by the rhythms and textures of hip hop and funk while remaining rooted in jazz, Apple Cores was recorded with Chad Taylor (drums mbira) and Josh Werner (bass guitar) over the course of two intense, entirely improvised sessions. The