Nasser's debut album, Restive Soul, features his quintet presenting "a collection of sophisticated and complex modern jazz originals" (Jazz Weekly). His music stands out for its seamless integration of classical forms and techniques with jazz language and phrasing. The album's songs weave together sonata forms, baroque to 20th century counterpoint, and modern rhythms with modern jazz vocabulary. "The saxophonist's debut is knotty with a contrapuntal weave of voices, bumpy mixed meters, and alternating rhythmic currents that nonetheless groove, sometime with a rocking edge" (Boston Globe).
Persistent Fancy, his latest release, expands on these concepts both timbrally and melodically. Nasser adds alto sax and synth textures to the mix explores the idea of the “suite” - multiple tracks related by a common theme. Get your copy here: https://kylenassermusic.bandcamp.com/