Press & interviews

Listening from outside the room.

Selected independent writing on Reginald Chapman's records, low-brass language, creative process, and the path toward Chaphouse.

Featured coverage

Reviews, interviews, and first-person context.

DownBeat · 2018

A four-star review of the debut album's brass-heavy writing, hip-hop pulse, ensemble focus, and wide low-brass vocabulary.

DownBeat · 2023

A four-star review framing the second album as a confident expansion of Chapman's economical grooves and ensemble writing.

15 Questions

A substantial first-person interview about sound, technique, history, instrument design, artistic voice, and making low brass a leading force.

More listening

Scratched Vinyl · 2018

An 8/10 review connecting the debut's progressive jazz, soul, brass, and boom-bap language.

Last Row Music · 2018

A trombone-centered review of the writing, ensemble sound, custom instrument, and Chapman's place in the bass-trombone lineage.

Music Is My Sanctuary · 2018

A premiere and artist statement connecting the composition to memory, protest, and the Black freedom tradition.

Scratched Vinyl · 2020

An 8/10 review of the record's electronic afterlife across boom-bap, house, and downtempo production.

Scratched Vinyl · 2021

A review of Chapman's producer identity across jungle, IDM, hip-hop, layered drums, and low-brass hooks.

Scratched Vinyl · 2023

An 8/10 review of the album's loop-built grooves, experimental big-band scale, and balance of immediacy and ambition.

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