Alan Braufman

“Infinite Love Infinite Tears”

jazz album

"A legend in free music" - Gilles Peterson / BBC

“Like his free jazz predecessors, Coltrane, Cherry and Coleman, Braufman finds spirituality in every note.” - DownBeat (4 stars)

“Braufman’s spiraling, uplifting compositions occupy an evolving space where jazz’s past and future collide.” - MOJO (4 stars)

49 years after his debut album Valley of Search (1975/India Navigation), and 4 years after his acclaimed 2020 album The Fire Still Burns, jazz saxophonist Alan Braufman returns. with Infinite Love Infinite Tears.

As infectious as the music is – this record contains several ear-worms – it is still generative and complex. Braufman observes that “the thing about this band that made it so much fun to work with is we could play with structure and within that we could go completely free and it was a seamless transition to come back. I compare it to a house; you can spend all day outside, but it’s nice to know where home is." The group is able to stretch out and reflect on optimism, beauty, and joy, finding dialogic phrases and a keening surge within the curvature of inside-outside playing. There is much history and love in this band, and in Alan Braufman’s art overall. Fifty-odd years after debuting on record, his sound-world is as vital and inviting as ever.

Alan Braufman: Alto saxophone, flute

Patricia Brennan: Vibraphone

James Brandon Lewis: Tenor saxophone

Ken Filiano: Bass

Chad Taylor: Drums

Michael Wimberly: Percussion

Produced by Nabil Ayers

Engineered and mixed by Aaron Nevezie

Mastered by Joe Lambert

Album Design by Mike Zimmerman