“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)
Join us and stay cozy at Bar Bayeux this Saturday 1/31 for two sets starting at 8pm. Passerine quartet with Ches Smith, Kenny Warren, David Leon. inspired by nests and birds. The new album arrives this October on Out of Your Head Records…
Come see Jen Chapin’s anti-fascist magnum opus featuring her trio this Saturday the 17th at The Cutting Room NYC. Tickets are here. And next Tuesday 1/20 don’t miss Otherlands Trio at LunÀtico in Brooklyn. Here’s that site.
I’ll be with two great groups led by Patricia Brennan this week. At The Jazz Gallery on 1/8 with her septet, and at Le Poisson Rouge with her tentet as part of WinterJazzFest on 1/9. Do join us…
