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on may 29, 2026, i’m releasing the first single from my upcoming self-titled album “Kevin Sun, I,” due out this fall on @endectomorph

the single is called “go in,” and it’s based on john coltrane’s “countdown” (itself based on an earlier tune called “tune up”), but with some metrical twists.

the record features myself, @maxlightmaxlight on guitar, @wawasonstin on bass, and @jondownload on drums. we recorded this new book of music in the fall of 2024 after performing it and workshopping it over the course of most of ’23 and ’24, and i think it does justice to the dynamism and mesmerizing interplay of this group of amazing musicians.

pre-save the single at the link in my bio, and stay tuned for more.

LINKS TO EMISSARY IN BIO! Available on all platforms, but adding the album on Bandcamp and getting a CD is the best way to support. This is a clip of the guitar solo on ‘Cropsey Cabin’. See full videos for this tune along with the debut single ‘Aflame Inside In Public’.
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jameswengrow.bandcamp.com/album/emissary
orcd.co/emissary
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‘Emissary’ is the ambitious debut album from James Wengrow Crypsis Trio, a Brooklyn-based avant-jazz group synthesizing jazz, free improvisation, contemporary classical, and math-rock into an utterly visceral guitar trio experience. Recorded by Joseph Branciforte and mastered by Brent Lambert, the album features six original compositions forged during a tumultuous period of intercontinental displacement, alongside interpretations of John McLaughlin’s “This Is For Us To Share” and Thelonious Monk’s “Let’s Call This.”

Australian guitarist Wengrow, Danish bassist Mathias Højgaard Jensen, and New York drummer James Paul Nadien embark on impassioned journeys through rapidly shifting sonic terrains—frenetic free passages colliding with polyrhythmic grooves and math-rock precision. This is modern jazz that capitalizes on the structural ties between genres “while exploiting their differences in smart, unique ways.” (Bandcamp Daily)

@mathiashjensen @jamespaulnadien @endectomorph @josephbranciforte @thekitchenmastering

I’m literally over the moons to announce OTM album just received 4 nominations from the 37th Golden Melody Award in Taiwan including “BEST INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM”, “BEST COMPOSER AWARD”(for Pieces Peace), “BEST ALBUM PRODUCER” and “BEST RECORDING ALBUM”. Thank you home & Thank you all! It means a world to me and I’ll see you all on the red carpet! @gmamusic.official

感謝37金曲評審們的肯定和支持，非常榮幸OVER THE MOONS專輯入圍了「演奏類最佳專輯」. 「最佳作曲人」（碎碎平安）. 「最佳製作人」和 「最佳錄音專輯」四個獎項！！我由衷地感謝一切讓我能夠仍然如此茂盛活著. 演奏著. 創作著的理由，我機票要訂下去了，大家紅毯見了！！

THE AMAZING BAND & TEAM:
@alexmlore Alto Saxophone / Flute
@akwebber Tenor Saxophone / Flute
Matt Mitchell / Piano
陳穎達 / Guitar
@marty_kenney_ / Bass
@jamespaulnadien / Drums
@shinya_side_effect / Electronics
Myself / Vibraphone. Compositions. Producer
Recording Engineer: @aaron_nevezie Alex Conroy. Alex DeTurk at @bunkerstudio
Cover Art: John O’Brien
Album Design: Iat Huân Tiunn
Photography: 黃國恆 @kuo.image
@endectomorph @sunthekevin
@possibilities_ltd @lazysylvie
@lydialiebmanpromotions
Special thanks to @thejazzgallery

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#taiwan #award #gma

Thank you so much to Tor Hammerø at Nettavisen for this lovely review of Three Suites!So happy to see this trio getting some love in Norway! Tusen takk Tor!!

Link to review and bandcamp link in bio!

@sleibson @eivindopsvik @dr.tyshawnsorey_official @endectomorph @torhammero @nettavisen.no

#jazz #brooklyn #pianotrio #norway #nettavisen

Happy Bandcamp Friday! Please consider picking up my latest release Three Suites! All $$$ goes to artists today!Bandcamp link in bio!

@sleibson @eivindopsvik @dr.tyshawnsorey_official @endectomorph @bunkerstudio @thekitchenmastering @takaakiyagi @khooper5

Album Pre-release gig! ‘Emissary’ is out May 29 on Endectomorph Music, but have a release show on the 14th at Nublu classic! CDs will be available and excited to have the album out in the world and be joined by some of my favorites for a big night of guitar! Listen to the singles from links in my bio for a taste test.

THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION. @soodrums and The Coloris Trio.

Album is out today! Go check it out🛫
On @endectomorph —featuring @kushthedrummer
Mastered by @jlouca
@daddariowoodwinds

Album is out today! Go check it out🛫
On @endectomorph —featuring @kushthedrummer
Mastered by @jlouca
@daddariowoodwinds

The third single from my upcoming album is out today! Listen to ARBOREALPOLITIK on all platforms (link in bio). EMISSARY drops May 29 on @endectomorphCome to Nublu Classic on May 14 for the release show🎉

@mathiashjensen on bass
@jamespaulnadien on drums
Recorded and mixed by Joseph Branciforte (@greyfadestudio ) at @secondtakesound , mastered by Brent Lambert @thekitchenmastering . Design by Jake Buhler @deliandgrocery.studios

“lofi at lowlands 四” is out today.

while this was initially conceived as a relatively straightforward live recording—a palette cleanser compared to the editing-heavy previous volumes—the album evolved after some discussion with my good friend jacob shulman. the album’s closer, “forest corridors iv,” is the set’s climax, splicing three different live performances with overdubs to create a feeling of vastness and blurriness—sort of an echo effect. jacob put it best when he recommended that that i “lean into the sound being very big and wide and wagnerian like a whole row of cats coming at you at once ” (phalanx).

big thanks to all who made this release possible!

@wawasonstin - bass
@kayvon.gordon - drums
@andresabenante @jaybirdrecording live recording at @lowlandsbar in april 2024 and mixing
@jlouca additional recording
@brent_a_lambert @thekitchenmastering

“forest corridors iii (rhythm interlude)” features double-tracked bass by walter with kayvon gordon, a purely rhythm section meditation between the third and fourth movements.

the full record is out tomorrow.

i composed the music on “lofi at lowlands 四” in early 2024 while immersing myself in haydn and beethoven piano sonatas. the four “forest corridors” pieces on the record were originally conceived for piano, but realized through the saxophone trio format.

“forest corridors iii” offers a slow, brooding meditation inspired by robert schumann’s early piano masterpiece “des abends.”

the new album is out this friday, april 17, 2026.