Richard Carrick makes maps.

Yes, he’s a pianist, and in the middle of a trilogy of albums inspired by North Africa, but each record outlines his cartography. l’Algérie, a tribute to Algeria, his mother’s homeland, sounds like a tour of antiquity and magic. The album is overflowing with captivating rhythms and motifs that return like old friends again and again. Somewhere in-between jazz, classical, and Maghrebian music, Carrick has charted his own path. We talked to him below.