Reader Score No score yet, be the first to add. 0.0 Genre: Jazz Label: Nonesuch Release Date: 2026 A couple of years ago, Flea had an idea. The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist was turning 60 and taking stock of what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. He made a deal with himself: During RHCP’s two-year-long stadium tour, he’d practice playing the trumpet—an instrument he’d learned as a kid but never mastered—every single day. Then, regardless of how much his skills had progressed, he’d make a record. By the time the tour ended, he’d undergone hundreds of practice sessions, spent innumerable hours working with L.A. jazz legend Rickey Washington (father of Kamasi), and racked up untold numbers of noise complaints in hotels around the world. He hooked up with some of the most interesting and idiosyncratic players in the Los Angeles jazz scene and, true to his word, is now releasing the first bona fide solo album of his career—an album that sounds nothing like the music that made him famous.…