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.
James Taylor Quartet (JTQ)
The Oscillator
CURT RAMM, DAN MORETTI, BILL CUNLIFFE
Foundations
Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble
Private Astronomy - A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke
BRUCE KAPHAN QUARTET
Bruce Kaphan Quartet
Michael Morreale
Love And Influence
Tyler Reese
Reminiscence
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