New Music | M'Lumbo & Jane Ira Bloom

Here it is - The culmination of over a decade of live collaborations between the famed M’Lumbo and Jane Ira Bloom (winner of the 2020 Downbeat Critics Poll for soprano saxophone). Following up on their 2020 release Fairy Tale Aliens, which featured Helmet guitarist Page Hamilton, Rob Flatow and the M’Lumbians hit us with Celestial Mechanics - a compendium of Space Age Jazz, Electronica, Rock and exotica, two and a half hours of extraordinary musicianship and a pinnacle of collective empathy and reaction.

"A true jazz original... a restlessly creative spirit, and a modern day role model for any aspiring musician who dares to follow his or her own vision." (Bill Milkowski on Jane Ira Bloom)

Jane Ira Bloom is a soprano saxophonist whose sound is often described with such words as soaring, poetic, quicksilver, spontaneous and instantly identifiable. She has been steadfastly developing her singular voice on the soprano saxophone for over 40 years, creating a body of music that marks her as an American original. She's a pioneer in the use of live electronics and movement in jazz, as well as the possessor of "one of the most gorgeous tones and hauntingly lyrical ballad conceptions of any soprano saxophonist" (Pulse). She is the winner of the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album for her trio album Early Americans.

M'lumbo was founded in the mid-80's by Robert "M'botto" Ray and "Zombie" Ron Boggs as an escape from commercial music. They have drawn countless enraptured reviews, received many comparisons to Miles Davis, Sun Ra and The Orb, and praise from such disparate avatars as Simpsons' creator Matt Groening, Brian Eno, Carly Simon, DJs Olive and Spooky, Neil Young and Tom Waits. Their courage to explore is an enduring influence on new musicians.