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Podcast: We Talk About Music
Episode: Alex Otey
Description: Alex Otey has long been a shape-shifter in the world of modern jazz, but Darwin AI: Survivor Choice might be his most ambitious statement yet. It’s a dazzling 37-minute set that redefines what jazz fusion can feel like in 2025. Known as an award-winning pianist, singer, trumpeter, and composer/arranger, Otey’s career has been threaded with collaborations alongside giants like Grover Washington Jr. and Richie Cole, as well as GRAMMY®-nominated and winning projects. This record distills that pedigree into something simultaneously reverent and refreshing.Across seven tightly woven tracks, Otey blends the harmo...