Guitar great Julian Lage has announced a new album, Speak to Me, which will be out March 1 via Blue Note. It was produced by Joe Henry and features his trio collaborators Jorge Roeder (bass) and Dave King (drums), as well keyboardists Kris Davis and Patrick Warren, and Joe’s son, Levon Henry, on woodwinds.
“Throughout my life, I’ve always responded to music that has a narrative quality to it,” Lage says of the new album and its relationship to previous ones. “I believe there is a kind of connective tissue that music has, and it’s important, and it’s fun to cultivate.” You can listen to two songs off the album, “76” and “As It Were,” below.
Julian will tour for Speak to Me starting in March, including a stop at NYC’s Town Hall on 3/22 and Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival. He’s in San Francisco this weekend for SF Jazz (four shows) and plays Portland’s PDX Jazz Festival in February.
Tickets for spring headline shows go on sale Friday, January 19 at 10 AM local time and all dates are listed below.
Speak to Me:
1. Hymnal
2. Northern Shuffle
3. Omission
4. Serenade
5. Myself Around You
6. South Mountain
7. Speak To Me
8. Two And One
9. Vanishing Points
10. Tiburon
11. As It Were
12. 76
13. Nothing Happens Here
JULIAN LAGE – 2024 TOUR DATES
January 18 – SFJAZZ – San Francisco, CA (Solo)
January 19 – SFJAZZ – San Francisco, CA (Rude Ruth)
January 20 – SFJAZZ – San Francisco, CA (The Speak To Me Band)
January 21 – SFJAZZ – San Francisco, CA (Jim Hall Tribute)
February 1 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN (supporting Milk Carton Kids)
February 28 – Biamp Portland Jazz Festival – Portland, OR
February 29 – Town Hall – Seattle, WA
March 16 – Higher Ground – Burlington, VT
March 17 – Narrows – Fall River, MA
March 19 – Music Hall – Portsmouth, NH
March 20 – Ridgefield Playhouse – Ridgefield, CT
March 21 – Ardmore Music Hall – Ardmore, PA
March 22 – Town Hall – New York, NY
March 24 – Big Ears Festival – Knoxville, TN
March 26 – The Underground – Charlotte, NC
March 28 – Center Stage – Atlanta, GA
March 29 – Lincoln Theater – Raleigh, NC
March 30 – Lincoln Theater – Washington, DC
April 11 – Nasjonal Jazzscene – Oslo, Norway
April 13 – Maison De Radio France – Paris, France
April 14 – De Roma – Antwerp, Belgium
April 16 – LantarenVenster – Rotterdam, Netherlands
April 17 – Bimhuis – Amsterdam, Netherlands
April 19 – Gretchen – Berlin, Germany
April 20 – Mojo – Hamburg, Germany
April 21 – Barbican – London, UK
April 23 – Wiener Konzerthaus – Vienna, Austria
April 24 – Jazzclub Unterfahrt – Munich, Germany
April 25 – Moods – Zurich, Switzerland
April 27 – L’Astrada – Marciac, France