Space, Time, Continuum

Widely lauded for his 2012 Mack Avenue debut, The Bespoke Man's Narrative, 29-year-old pianist-composer Aaron Diehl follows solidly with the 2015 release Space, Time, Continuum. On The Bespoke Man's Narrative, Diehl presented original music drawing on antecedent bandleader-composers like John Lewis and Duke Ellington for strategies that facilitated individualistic performances from his unit of A-list peers. On Space, Time, Continuum, Diehl assembles a pan-generational ensemble of masters. Joining his core trio of bassist David Wong and drummer Quincy Davis in different configurations are the iconic tenor saxophonist-composer Benny Golson and the magisterial baritone saxophonist Joe Temperley, both 85 years young; the 39-year-old underground tenor saxophone giant Stephen Riley, and the rising star trumpeter Bruce Harris.