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 AllgaierMATT BELSANTE
– Blame it on My Youth
NICHOLAS PAYTON
Into the Blue
LENNY MARCUS TRIO
Sun Ray - A Tribute to Ray Bryant
Yelena Eckemoff Quintet
In The Shadow Of A Cloud
FOUR80EAST
Enroute
MICROSCOPIC SEPTET
Surrealistic Swing
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