2007-03-12
Ride! is Abram Wilson’s second effort for Dune Records. This trumpeter/vocalist has received acclaim for this contemporary Jazz album, which features a 10-piece line-up that is actually three bands in one: The Delta Blues Trio, The Londorleans Brass Band, and the Abram Wilson Sextet. Ride! is a concept album that tells the tale of Albert Jenkins, a young musician from Mississippi in line to take over a Jazz club that has been in the family for generations. Albert has other ideas though, he is intent on leaving home to tour with a Hip-Hop band. Wilson tells the story of Albert through Jazz, Blues, and Hip-Hop. Seth AllgaierLois Deloatch
Hymn to Freedom: A Tribute to Oscar Peterson
SOMI
If the Rains Come First
MICROSCOPIC SEPTET
Friday the 13th The Micros Play Monk
LUCIANA SOUZA
The New Bossa Nova
Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble
Private Astronomy - A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke
LARRY GOLDINGS
In My Room
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