Forget the boxes. Forget the rules. Just play.

Forget the boxes. Forget the rules. Just play.

Two of the most compelling voices in modern jazz — trumpeter Theo Croker and pianist Sullivan Fortner — come together for a fearless duo album that strips everything down to pure, in-the-moment expression.

No rehearsals. No pre-written compositions. No expectations. Just two master improvisers in total conversation, creating music that’s alive, unfiltered, and utterly free.

This is raw, boundary-breaking jazz at its most honest.

Media

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Track Listing

• A Prayer for Peace
• First Light
• We Laugh Because We Must
• Midnight Bloom
• The Space Within
• Let the Quiet Speak
• Open Palms
• Light Remains
• Beneath the Noise
• Mouth Full of Sky
• Grace Is Not Gentle
• As We Are
• Then We Danced
• Here and Now

Additional Details

Label:Act Music

Genre:Jazz

Language:English

Run Time:43:34 mins

Region:0

Release Date:11/14/25

UPC:614427802071