Wayne Escoffery – Like Minds (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:32 minutes | 1,19 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Smoke Sessions
Saxophonist/composer WAYNE ESCOFFERY celebrates the chemistry shared by his closest musical collaborators on LIKE MINDS featuring special guests Gregory Porter, Tom Harrell, Mike Moreno, and Daniel Sadownick who join Escoffery’s acclaimed quartet with David Kikoski, Ugonna Okegwo, and Mark Whitfield, Jr.
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Wayne Escoffery – Vortex (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:00:03 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sunnyside
The exceptional language and broad range of expressiveness of London-born, New York-based saxophonist Wayne Escoffery can be reported as sagacious and enthralling. He has been using his bright ideas, frequently colored by a blazing timbre, not only to pump up works from Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Big Band, Eric Reed, and Tom Harrell Quintet, but also to bring his own albums into life, usually delivered in quartet or quintet formats. A former protégé of Jackie McLean, Escoffery gathers a deluxe quartet for his new album, “Vortex”, his third Sunnyside release. To give wings to a collection of nine marvelous compositions, the saxophonist summoned the creditable pianist Dave Kikoski, the reliable bassist Ugonna Okegwo, and the vibrant drummer Ralph Peterson.
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Wayne Escoffery – The Humble Warrior (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:10 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Smoke Sessions
Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery is renowned for his fiery, muscular and virtuosic tenor playing, but his explosive sound is paired with a soft-spoken and thoughtful demeanor off the bandstand. In many cases both of those aspects of his personality can be credited to the same inspirations, giants of the music who paired estimable talents and imagination with rock-solid integrity.
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