- Alex Koo: Blame It On My Chromosomes
(2025, cd, Belgium, w.e.r.f. records)
(2025, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
What a fine album...
- Alex Koo: piano, voice
- Lennart Heyndels: double bass
- Dré Pallemaerts: drums
special guest - Ambrose Akinmusire: trumpet (tracks 1 & 6)
With ten uniquely personal tracks, Blame It on My Chromosomes is more than a musical statement; it is a form of self-therapy. “The only way not to spiral into depression as a jazz musician nowadays is to vent and lose yourself in the music,” Koo shares. “Music needs a purpose beyond self-promotion. For me, it’s about accepting who I am and letting go of anything else.”
The biggest surprise of this album might be that Alex Koo also sings a couple of songs.
It fits the pieces perfectly.
And then there is Ambrose Akinmusire as a guest on two tracks. Sublime.
It fits the pieces perfectly.
And then there is Ambrose Akinmusire as a guest on two tracks. Sublime.
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