Beneath Lifted Skies is an intimate and expansive dialogue between bassist Linda May Han Oh and saxophonist Melissa Aldana, two singular artists who turn to the jazz canon not as an act of nostalgia but as a means of discovery. Through a program of standards, bebop classics, free improvisations and solo meditations, the album honors the musicians who shaped the language of jazz while revealing new possibilities within that inheritance. Stripped to the vulnerable clarity of a duo setting, each performance unfolds as a conversation grounded in deep listening, trust, and mutual curiosity, balancing reverence for tradition with a restless spirit of exploration. Like the title suggests, the music exists beneath a vast horizon of artistic possibility—acknowledging the pioneers who “lifted the skies” for future generations while inviting listeners into a boundless space where memory, imagination, freedom, and human connection converge.
