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Crucial Listening #120: Xhosa Cole

Intuitive resonance, cataclysmic dualities, bandleader grace. The UK-based saxophonist discusses three important albums.

Photo by Ian Davies

Intuitive resonance, cataclysmic dualities, bandleader grace. The UK-based saxophonist discusses three important albums.

Xhosa's picks:

Sonny Rollins – With The Modern Jazz Quartet
Shirley Horn Trio – Softly
Balimaya Project – Wolo So

Xhosa's latest album, Ibeji, is out now on Stoney Lane Records. Listen here. His website is here.

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