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JAZZ: AFTER|LIFE – Brian McCarthy (Truth Evolution Recording Collective)

Saxophonist/composer McCarthy is definitely ambitious. His most 2017 album The Better
Angels of Our Nature used music old and new to explore the Civil War. On this follow-up
album he’s going boldly to where no man has gone before: to the stars. There are eight
tracks on this record with the three-movement suite After Life anchoring the recording. It
closes with a song entitled Lucy, but she’s not in the sky with diamonds.

His nine piece band, featured on Better Angels, is almost entirely reunited for this record.
They are: bassist Matt Aronoff, saxophonist Andrew Gutauskas, pianist Justin Kauflin,
saxophonist Stantawn Kendrick, trombonist Cameron McManus, trumpeter Bill Mobley,
drummer Jared Shooing and saxophonist Daniel Ian Smith. This is a cool record!

Those are my selections of the best of what’s New In Music This Week: May 26th. What are
you listening to? Drop us a line in the comments. Enjoy the music and enjoy your weekend!

Main Photo: Part of the album art for Tubular Bells