Staff Picks: Sam Gendel - blueblue

For fans of: contemplative lo-fi jazz

What they say: But his latest feels like a purposeful statement, a concentration of his strengths as an instrumentalist in service of one sharpened, sustained mood. In a way, Blueblue plays like Gendel’s tribute to exploratory, late-night jazz records like Andrew Hill’s Judgment! or Bill Evans and Jim Hall’s Undercurrent, swirling about untethered as if searching for a place to rest. - Pitchfork

What we say: blueblue is fourteen tracks of minimalistic, lo-fi, ambient jazz. Skewed but serene, tranquil and subtly disorienting. Great for late night listening or early morning contemplation. - Jake