Gardner Colossal

Composer and saxophonist Geof Bradfield’s music straddles diverse streams of the African Diaspora, drawing on modern jazz, Southern blues and roots, and African rhythms. With Colossal Abundance, his 10th album as a leader, Bradfield unveils his most ambitious work to date. Colossal Abundance is a meditation on the fabulous wealth—material, intellectual and spiritual—and abject poverty that coexist in modern society. Expanding upon his critically acclaimed Yes, and… music for nine improvisers (2017), Bradfield leads a stellar 12-piece ensemble through a program of his own compositions and new interpretations of John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Henry Threadgill and Jaki Byard.

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