Micah Thomas makes Lucid feel like a jazz record solving riddles in motion

Micah Thomas’ Lucid gets Bandcamp Daily’s Album of the Day spotlight on 17 June, and the praise points toward a jazz record that thrives on the thrill of motion. Thomas is the kind of pianist who can make complexity feel alive rather than academic, and Lucid appears to work from that exciting tension between madcap chaos and exact coordination. Good small-group jazz often feels like watching a risky play unfold in real time: everyone knows the rules, everyone is ready to break them, and the satisfaction comes when the landing somehow works. Lucid seems to live in that zone. It is not just technical display. It is athletic, reactive and full of decisions that make the listener aware of music happening now, not simply being executed from a page. For indie-minded listeners willing to step into jazz, this is the kind of record that makes the doorway feel wide open.

Source: https://daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the-day/micah-thomas-lucid-review