Ian Michael Brown: The Beauty of Not Knowing

by Geno Thackara
October 4, 2019

Ian Michael Brown seems like a fellow who enjoys a little mystery--not the kind that is dark or forbidding, but the kind that makes travel and exploration so much fun. That feel is only further reinforced by a lush jazz-fusion sound which takes a few tonal cues from Brad Mehldau and the Pat Metheny Group. He and a few sharp cohorts bounce off one another in brightly stimulating ways through this upbeat recording, evoking wide-open landscapes almost as much as ...