James Brandon Lewis is on the top of the international jazzworld and is considered one of the most influential voices incontemporary jazz. With a powerful, direct tenor saxophonesound and lyrical depth in both his solos and compositions, hemakes a tremendous impact—especially with his quartet. Omni isthe sixth album by the acclaimed James Brandon Lewis Quartet fea‐turing Aruán Ortiz, Brad Jones, and Chad Taylor. Over the pastdecade, this outstanding quartet has been an integral part of Lewis’sconcept of “Molecular Systematic Music,” which initially revolvedaround six- or seven-note scales, evolved into a twelve-tone system,and continues to expand. With Omni, the concept grows to includefurther elements and reveals, among other things, a musical gesturethat could be called “twelve-tone gospel.” Omni is arguably JamesBrandon Lewis’s most personal statement to date and once againdemonstrates the mastery of the individual musicians in a groupbrimming with internal dialogue and collective creativity. “A sermonwithout words” is how Kevin Le Gendre titles the liner notes, andconcludes “What we find here is spiritual music in its purest form.”