Miles Okazaki - Boomtown (2026)

Over two decades guitarist and composer Miles Okazaki has built a body of work marked by rigor and restless curiosity. With Boomtown, his ninth album of original compositions and his fourth as a leader for Pi Recordings, he presents a large-scale, finely wrought, sometimes unruly work that hurtles forward with narrative force. The album continues the themes of Miniature America from 2024, described by pianist Ethan Iverson as “meticulously assembled, absolutely a blast to listen to, and informed by a generous – even carefree – spirit.” As on that album, Okazaki has assembled ten musicians: saxophonists Caroline Davis, Jon Irabagon, and Anna Webber, trombonists Jacob Garchik and Kalia Vandever, bassists Chris Tordini and Hannah Marks, Matt Mitchell on piano, Dan Weiss on drums, and Okazaki on guitar. It’s a group designed for precision and spontaneity alike, and cast with intentionally different voices on the same instruments to further explore the album’s sense of opposing energies.

Miles Okazaki – guitars
Caroline Davis – alto saxophone
Anna Webber – tenor saxophone, flute
Jon Irabagon – tenor and soprano saxophones
Jacob Garchik - trombone
Kalia Vandever – trombone
Matt Mitchell – piano
Chris Tordini – bass
Hannah Marks – bass
Dan Weiss – drums