Ended Tuesday and started Wednesday after a walk in the rain with Wax///Wane by Lucien Johnson, released on Deluge Records in 2021

Graham Reid wrote on Elsewhere:

The hypnotic sound of the opening piece here, Magnificent Moon, on this album under the name of Lucien Johnson – the Wellington-based, global-traveller and highly acclaimed composer/saxophonist – should be persuasive enough for anyone to want to continue.

On an album inspired by the phases of the moon and natural phenomena, Johnson and his excellent, empathetic friends (vibes player John Bell, harpist Michelle Velvin, bassist Tom Callwood, drummer Cory Champion and percussionist Riki Piripi) evoke a spiritual jazz of the kind rarely heard from New Zealand artists...

https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/jazz/9787/lucien-johnson-wax-wane-deluge-digital-outlets/

https://lucienjohnson.bandcamp.com/album/wax-wane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73LNZPZ3Slc&list=OLAK5uy_lKI_Mm_oAm7Fi8M8w7T6Yh5BeRkEp9jNk&index=1

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