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.
THE CHEEBACABRA
Exile in the Woods
BEAT KAESTLI
Happy, Sad and Satisfied.
Bob James & Nathan East
The New Cool
WYNTON MARSALIS & MARCUS ROBERTS
TOGETHER AGAIN
NOAH BAERMAN, WAYNE ESCOFFERY, AMANDA MONACO, VINNIE SPERRAZZA, HENRY LUGO
Playdate
Randy Brecker
- Randy in Brasil
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