2004-01-24
Nicholas Payton’s first album for Warner Brothers becomes the first bold jazz statement of 2004. Sonic Trance immediately harkens to mind Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis, with its echoed trumpet and loose psychedelic ambience. The album further ventures into Afro-beat, reggae rants, funk-fusion, trip-hop and other controlled-substance craziness.Payton garnered a Grammy-nomination for his 1997 collaboration with then 90-year-old trumpet great Doc Cheatham, an album also available in the WYCE library.
SEAN SULLIVAN
Hereafter
ED PALERMO BIG BAND
Eddy Loves Frank
Joshua Redman Elastic Band
Momentum
Various Artists
European Jazz Stage (Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
THE GODFATHERS OF GROOVE FEATURING REUBEN WILSON, BERNARD “PRETTY” PURDIE, AND GRANT GREEN JR.
The Godfathers of Groove
MeShell Ndegeocello
The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel
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