Celebrated Australian experimental jazz outfit I Hold the Lion’s Paw - led by ARIA-nominated trumpeter Reuben Lewis - are back with their third studio album, Potentially Interesting Jazz Music. Due for release on 26 September 2025 via Earshift Music, the album continues the ensemble’s fiercely inventive spirit across nine capriciously crafted tracks. Since forming in 2016, I Hold the Lion’s Paw (IHTLP) have embraced a radical, genre-fluid approach that comes across as “the feeling of having stumbled into someone else’s LSD trip,” as described by The Sydney Morning Herald. Uninterested in adopting any particular idiom or norm, Potentially Interesting Jazz Music is as bold and unpredictable as its title suggests.
When it comes to IHTLP, things are rarely as they appear. Potentially Interesting Jazz Music reflects an improvising ensemble perpetually re-inventing and replenishing itself, pursuing a forward momentum nourished by open ears, boundless curiosity, technical prowess, and the mapping of a shared vision.
Catch IHTLP when they stopped by PBS for a very special Studio 5 Live performance on Stars In The Static. Listen back to this intimate session and interview with Greg Sher here.
