Julian Lage | Speak To Me | CD

Julian Lage is an American guitarist whose music connects jazz improvisation with folk, blues and other song traditions. His playing combines detailed melodic phrasing with rhythmic flexibility, allowing composed material and spontaneous ensemble interaction to remain closely connected.

Released in 2024, Speak to Me was produced by Joe Henry. The album expands Lage's trio setting with additional musicians, exploring the relationship between instrumental songs and improvisation through arrangements that bring acoustic detail and broader ensemble textures into balance.

Track List

1. Hymnal
2. Northern Shuffle
3. Omission
4. Serenade
5. Myself Around You
6. South Mountain
7. Speak To Me
8. Two And One
9. Vanishing Points
10. Tiburon
11. As It Were
12. 76
13. Nothing Happens Here