“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)
The first single from Otherlands Trio’s Star Mountain album on Intakt Records arrives Friday 9/19. The song, “Diadromous,” will also have a video release. You can pre-order the CD at my store, and a Bandcamp link is coming soon.
Excited for this reunion of Rosetta Trio as well as Jen Chapin with Rosetta Trio all at Bear Music Fest in northern California Sep 11-13. Tickets and info are here. Join us….
Otherlands Trio, with Darius Jones and Eric McPherson, plays The Mill on Aug 30 in Westport, NY. On October 17 we play in NYC at The Jazz Gallery to celebrate the arrival that day of our first album, Star Mountain.
