“GENERATING A FEELING OF BOTH INEVITABILITY AND SURPRISE” - Downbeat
My good friends and brilliant colleagues, Ingrid Laubrock and Cory Smythe, began developing this trio with me in 2015. We released our first album, Planktonic Finales, in 2017 on the Intakt label and our second, Channels, the next year. The latter is a live album recorded in Zürich at the fabled unerhört!-festival and captures a magical evening. Please keep an eye on my shows page for information on upcoming concerts. Booking contact is here.
Crump / Laubrock / Smythe
INGRID LAUBROCK · saxophones
CORY SMYTHE · piano
STEPHAN CRUMP · acoustic bass
“a dynamic, cohesive and lyrical story…written by three of today’s most creative voices in improvised music”
FreeJazzBlog ****1/2
“a fluid narrative that explores both emotional and musical possibilities”
FreeJazzBlog ****1/2
“Every note, sound, and phrase feels as if it were meticulously placed”
FreeJazzBlog ****1/2
“a supreme case of empathetic music making in which respect doesn’t cow either adventure or surprise”
AllAboutJazz
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