Nu Jazz: Un Jazz makes patience the structure

Un Jazz by Nu Jazz is a 10-track album, 56 minutes and 42 seconds, out July 24, 2026 on Orange Milk. The running order shows the plan before a note plays: long tracks, short interruptions, a record that treats patience as a tool. The artist name and the album title pull in opposite directions, Nu Jazz against Un Jazz, and that is where the record starts.

Return of the Rant opens with the longest runtime, 9:37. In My City follows at 7:35, then Sublimation cuts everything to 1:38. That pattern sets the terms. 369 takes 5:17, Vaporization only 2:46, Rearview 7:43, Who Do You Work For 7:17. The last three tracks compress to 3:46, 6:05 and 4:58. The titles lean toward statement and process: Return of the Rant, Who Do You Work For, Civil War. The running times suggest a band that stretches ideas rather than clipping them.

What works is the shape. Seven of the ten tracks run past five minutes, but they are not spread at random. The two shortest pieces sit in the first half, the longest pair sits right after them, and the final stretch is more compact. That is deliberate. It is an album meant to be heard whole. The first half keeps interrupting itself; the home stretch has to carry the landing.

The risk is the same patience. Seven long tracks demand trust, and if the material does not earn its space, the middle sags. The runtimes cannot prove that they do. On paper the structure earns a 3.5; the music is what has to close the deal. Even at the level of tracklist and title, though, Un Jazz has a point of view. It asks for the full 56 minutes and gives you a reason to come back.

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