“SOMETHING RICHER THAN ONE COULD FATHOM” - NextBop
Rhombal is a quartet featuring Ellery Eskelin on tenor saxophone, Adam O’Farrill on trumpet, and Tyshawn Sorey on drums. I first brought the group together in 2015 to work on a body of music that was inspired by and dedicated to my late brother, Patrick. That album, Rhombal, was successfully funded and created with the help and engagement of friends and fans through a PledgeMusic campaign. It arrived September 13, 2016, and is now available on double vinyl LP, CD, and digital files. Please stay tuned via my shows page for tour dates. Booking contact is here.
Rhombal
ELLERY ESKELIN · tenor saxophone
ADAM O'FARRILL · trumpet
TYSHAWN SOREY · drums
STEPHAN CRUMP · acoustic bass
“there’s a lot of generosity in the sound of this group”
FreeJazzBlog
“irrepressible spirit”
FreeJazzBlog
“This is an impressive band, very much worth catching”
CTNow
“Crump’s compositions have a coiled energy and a blossoming logic”
CTNow
“at times discordant but blissfully moving melodies that surge with Sorey’s complex but muscular drumming”
Jazziz
“O’Farrill and Eskelin engage in astute exchanges teeming with inventive lyricism, investing Crump’s harmonious melodies with a resolute emotional core.”
Point of Departure
“a sound greater than the sum of its parts”
Point of Departure
“open creative frameworks inspire all four players to dig deep”
Stereophile
“his compositions possess an austere, haunting resonance”
Stereophile
“Crump’s music is original”
Downbeat
“Mr. Crump is a bassist with a broad stylistic frame, at home in both the avant-garde and a more traditional framework. With his band Rhombal, which just released an excellent self-titled album, he opts not to draw any distinctions between those poles”
The New York Times
“This group plays complex music freely, easily and memorably”
Downbeat
“wonderfully unclassifiable”
StepTempest
“sounds old and new at the same time”
StepTempest
“Crump’s compositions impart concise and easily expandable storylines”
AllAboutJazz
“excellent”
The New York Times
“As a bandleader, he’s clearly done it again”
NextBop
“As a composer, the Memphis native is top notch, possibly one of the best in jazz today for his consistent brilliance”
NextBop
“a shifting, beautiful quartet”
NextBop
“constantly fascinating”
NextBop
“something richer than one could fathom”
NextBop
ALBUMS
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