Woodwind master Brian Landrus’ powerfully eclectic new album Just When You Think You Know, is out today , March 20, 2026, from BlueLand/Palmetto Records. Featuring a remarkably versatile quintet – bassist Lonnie Plaxico, drummer Rudy Royston, guitarist Dave Stryker and pianist Zaccai Curtis – the album is already earning acclaim.
“This is one of the best recordings I’ve heard this year so far. It’s just perfect.” – Al Davis, GBH Radio
“Gorgeous melodies and rhythmic groove undercut the finely honed harmonic nature of many of these works, stirring up the sensibilities without holding anyone at arm’s length. Totally accessible, tonally nuanced and enticing music.” – John Hammel, Homegrown Radio NJ
“An explorer of low-register sonorities and a composer with an ear tuned as much to architecture as to atmosphere, Brian Landrus has steadily built a body of work that resists easy categorization. On Just When You Think You Know, he advances that trajectory with a recording that is less a stylistic pivot than a deepening…. Indispensable.” – Thierry de Clémensat, Paris Move
“[Brian Landrus is] a major force on the modern jazz scene.” – Ed Enright, DownBeat
“Landrus displays formidable chops as both a composer… and a virtuoso.” – Matt R. Lohr, JazzTimes
