On August 22, 2025, Sean Mason's team issued this press release, the first official announcement of A Breath of Fresh Air, confirming an October 24 release date and sharing lead single "Rediscovery" the same day. The release calls the album Mason's second full-length as a leader, a sweeping statement revealing a boundless vision spanning more than a century of musical innovation, delivered through an elegantly virtuosic quintet session.
"'Rediscovery' is the overture, the very genesis of the album's narrative. It's a sonic exploration into the heart of my transformation. It's not about finding something new, but rather, an intentional extraction of what was always there, residing within." - Sean Mason
The release situates the album against Mason's prior work, tracing a line from his acclaimed 2023 debut The Southern Suite through his Grammy-nominated 2024 duo record with Catherine Russell, My Ideal, to this reunion with The Southern Suite's original band, trumpeter Tony Glausi, tenor saxophonist Chris Lewis, bassist Felix Moseholm, and drummer Domo Branch. It also details the recording process: self-produced and tracked over two days at Bunker Studios in Brooklyn, old-school, with no sheet music, isolation booths, or barriers between the musicians.
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