Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Danny G Felix returns with ‘End of Now’, a boundary-pushing jazz odyssey that marries apocalyptic musings with sensual Caribbean rhythms and freeform experimentation. His first full-length since 2024’s Konpazouka, this 10-track album showcases Felix’s virtuosity as both pianist and trumpeter, while solidifying his reputation as a composer unafraid to blur genre lines.
End of Now thrives on contrasts—choppy, syncopated backbeats underpin lush melodic phrases, while dark David Lynch-inspired themes collide with sun-drenched grooves. Collaborations with bassist Rory Brown and percussionist Lari Costa add depth to Felix’s vision, particularly on tracks where his trumpet work channels both Miles Davis’ moody introspection and Roy Hargrove’s fiery soul. The album’s genius lies in its refusal to settle: one moment evoking the cerebral tension of avant-garde jazz, the next slipping into body-moving Caribbean cadences that reveal Felix’s commitment to music as “a vehicle for joy.”
Having shared stages with greats like Gregory Porter and Aloe Blacc, Felix channels decades of cross-genre experience into his most ambitious work yet. End of Now doesn’t just showcase technical prowess—it pulses with the lived-in wisdom of an artist who’s founded jazz residencies across Sydney and understands music’s power to unite.
With End of Now, Danny G Felix crafts a fearless jazz tapestry that’s as intellectually daring as it is rhythmically seductive—blending Caribbean pulse, cinematic unease, and virtuosic improvisation into a genre-defying statement of intent. It’s not just an album
