Earlier this spring, spiritual jazz collective Phi-Psonics released their sprawling, fantastic third album Expanding to One. Led by upright bassist bassist Seth Ford-Young, for their inaugural Lagniappe Session, the collective delivers a pair of Duke Ellington compositions (including “Fleurette Africaine” from the seminal Ellington/Mingus/Roach triumph Money Jungle), early sixties Sun Ra, and “River Man” from Nick Drake’s debut album.
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Phi-Psonics :: New Pyramid
Phi-Psonics is a spiritual jazz collective headed by Los Angeles-based composer and acoustic bassist Seth Ford-Young, whose prolific session work can be heard on releases such as the recent stunner by Takuro Okada. The uninhibited, meditative soundscapes of previous studio offerings The Cradle and Octava quickly made waves after catching the attention of Manchester jazz label Gondwana, flashing nods to A Love Supreme and a lush framework playing off of Ford-Young’s Mingus-inspired upright bass, lifting woodwinds and the Wurlitzer piano of Mitchell Yoshida.