“As a bassist and composer, Mr. Crump avoids obvious routes but manages never to lose his way…”
The New York Times
“a visionary artist who can convey profound themes through the medium of sound”
All About Jazz
“Stephan Crump has been, sneakily perhaps, one of the most important musicians on the scene for 20 years.”
PopMatters
“categories cease to matter”
JazzTimes
“a deep, woody timbre that’s as malleable as it is muscular”
Chicago Reader
“astonishingly beautiful playing”
London Jazz News
“almost miraculous”
El País
“improvisational elegance”
The Guardian (UK)
“bareness in emotion”
NPR
“strikingly fresh and unobvious compositions…an impressive and original voice”
The Wire (UK)
We’ll be rolling out a new quartet, Passerine, on Sunday, November 24th at Barbès Brooklyn. Featuring Ches Smith, Kenny Warren, David Leon. Join us at 8pm…! Tickets are here.
Just you, me, and the bass in D.C., Durham, Charlottesville plus some teaching at James Madison University. Join me from October 25-28 if you’re nearby. Click on each of the towns, above, to get the ticket links. Or you can go to my Shows page. I hope to see you out there…
Click this link to hear my radio hour on WBGO from 10/6 during which I spoke with the wonderful Lezlie Harrison and played music from my heroes and colleagues, alike. This is up for only two weeks, at which time it goes somewhere unknown…enjoy!
