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 Allgaier
WYNTON MARSALIS
SELECTIONS FROM SWINGING INTO THE 21'ST
New Birth Brass Band
New Birth Family
Charlie Watts and the Tentet
Watts at Scott's
REGINA CARTER
Reverse Thread
THE JODI PROZNICK QUARTER
Foundations
NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS
OUROBOROS
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