It’s all about the here and ‘the now’ for jazz musician Jay Phelps. Phelps, the highly regarded Canadian-raised, UK-based trumpeter, released his latest record, The Now, last month, an all-encompassing recording that is meant to transcend different generations of fans and listeners. An artist himself who has shifted between different generations over his 20 years career, Phelps seeks to create a communal feeling with this new album, making jazz fun and relatable no matter what age you are. It features several collaborators, people that Phelps has a lot of respect for and has been wanting to work with, such as David Mrakpor (Blue Lab Beats), Tom Ford (Chris Dave, Reuben James) and Nicola Guida (Secret Night Gang). The Now is Phelps’ seventh studio album, and it has been long awaited, with t...