I wrote a couple of weeks ago that a bass clarinet is a wonderful, magical thing. Thank you, Andrew D’Angelo–if there were any remaining doubts about the world’s greatest woodwind, you’ve now put them to rest.

BCDELUXE is D’Angelo’s first solo record, and while he is a multi-instrumentalist, the album is wall-to-wall bass clarinet. And boy oh boy, it is so much more than that. D’Angelo recorded the album at home, and out of consideration for his neighbors, he played everything softly. The immediacy of the resulting sound is stunning. It’s a cliche to say that a record makes it feel like you were there; BCDELUXE sounds like you’re sitting with the instrument in your own lap.