James Brandon Lewis

James Brandon Lewis is a New York-based tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader whose instrumental voice marries the emotional power of gospel, gritty, modal post-bop, and the influences of Albert Ayler and John Coltrane. Moments, Lewis' 2010 debut, was followed by two outings on Sony Masterworks' revived OKeh imprint: Divine Travels in 2014 and the widely celebrated Days of Freeman in 2015. Radiant Imprints, with drummer Chad Taylor, appeared in 2018 and was followed by the quintet album An UnRuly Manifesto a year later. In 2021, Lewis formed the Red Lily Quartet to recor...