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Lucien Johnson

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Lucien Johnson lived in Paris throughout his 20s, forming a free jazz trio with Alan Silva and Makoto Sato ("Stinging Nettles", Improvised Beings CD). Returning to New Zealand in 2009, he has led several bands including Shogun Orchestra and performed around the world with acts such as Lord Echo and the Black Seeds.  

Ancient Relics

By Lucien Johnson

Label: Deluge Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Ancient Relics; Embers; Ada; Escape Capsule; Space Junk; Satellites.

Chris May's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Chris May
December 3, 2024

In case you missed the sad news, our dear friend and compatriot, Chris May, passed away in November (read our tribute). Below are the albums he considered extraordinary in 2024--a final testament to his discerning taste and love of sound. -mR Rob LuftDahab Days Edition Records

Lucien Johnson: Ancient Relics

by Chris May
March 7, 2024

The astral jazz of Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane is among the most mimicked jazz to be heard in 2024. Mimicked as in superficial, cynical, clichéd, travesty. So it is a rare pleasure to come across an album as singular and substantial as New Zealand-based tenor saxophonist Lucien Johnson's Ancient Relics. The album is ...

Wax///Wane

By Lucien Johnson

Label: Deluge Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Magnificent Moon; Dawn; Blue Rain; Forest Rendezvous; Rubicon; Awa.

Lucien Johnson: Wax///Wane

by Geno Thackara
July 3, 2021

While Lucien Johnson is a dab hand at playing and composing, he is even more skilled at weaving a piece of music. Flow and dynamics are the specialties he displays most here, sketching out a series of groove patterns, and smoothly guiding an eclectic quintet as they ride through the ebbs and swells. Wax///Wane is not ...

Lucien Johnson + 5

By Lucien Johnson

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: Clarion Call; Light Shaft; Asturias; El Cid; West of the Sun; Zapata.