James Brandon Lewis "Apple Cores" Back in Stock 2025-11-07 facing the pain head-on allows

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James Brandon Lewis "Apple Cores" Back in Stock 2025-11-07 facing the pain head-on allowsApple Cores is the latest full length album from New York tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, "one of the fiercest sounds in jazz today" (The Guardian) with a "penchant for unbound exploration" (Pitchfork). Informed by the rhythms and textures of hip hop and funk while remaining rooted in jazz, Apple Cores was recorded with Chad Taylor (drums mbira) and Josh Werner (bass guitar) over the course of two intense, entirely improvised sessions. The