“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)
Really excited to bring Otherlands Trio with Darius Jones & Eric McPherson to the good people of Minneapolis, Madison, Chicago, Cleveland, and Hamilton, Ontario from June 12-20. Please check the Shows page for details and join us as you can.
Can’t wait to return to the intimate Close Up NYC with Passerine quartet on May 14, featuring Ches Smith, Kenny Warren, David Leon. Our first album arrives October 23 on Out of Your Head Records.
Join us from April 21-24 as the Slow Water sextet performs in Champaign, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland. Ticket links at the Shows page. More on the Slow Water project and album here.
