Sam Gendel // Pass If Music LP

America·LA saxophonist Sam Gendel released a limited edition of 2023 copies from LA's long-established all-genre label Leaving Records in May 5.

Contains 9 tracks of dreamy ambient drones and experimental ambient jazz produced using alto saxophone. Comes with DL code.    

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Randall Roberts for the Los Angeles Times:

" It's hard to tell on first listen, but the LA-based Gendel made every sound on his new album using his alto saxophone. “Pass If Music” is hardly a solo jazz album, though. Rather, the musician harnesses his horn in service of ambient tones and experimental works that reside outside genre distinctions.

“East LA Haze Dream” floats like an amorphous layer cloud of vapor as Gendel gently blown notes with the occasional brief sax run. “Trudge” is a darkened mantra featuring lower-register hums and a minimal rhythm that marches with determination.

In notes, the artist writes that it and the other eight pieces were inspired by the motion picture “The Labyrinth & the Long Road,” [directed by Daniel Oh] for which Gendel contributed the score, and that makes sense. that evokes its own brand of drama." 

Artist: Sam Gendel

Label: Leaving Records