{"product_id":"wayne-escoffery-the-humble-warrior-cd","title":"Wayne Escoffery - The Humble Warrior CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3084103788\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wayneescofferysmoke.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-humble-warrior\"\u003eThe Humble Warrior by Wayne Escoffery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e8-panel Digipak Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“THE HUMBLE WARRIOR finds Wayne Escoffery coming full circle, returning to where his musical life began. His Smoke Sessions label debut also marks a new beginning of sorts with a quartet as solid and improvisational as any.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“The Benjamin Britten is ‘jazzing the classics’ of a high order, but my favourite tracks are the originals that follow, excellent vehicles for the group’s effortless mastery of improvisation.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Andy Hamilton, Jazz Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Acoustic small group jazz played at as high a level as anyone since Joe Henderson…worthy of serious attention.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Phil Freeman, The New York City Jazz Record\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e#1 JazzWeek radio chart (2 weeks)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSaxophonist 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOn his album, THE HUMBLE WARRIOR, Escoffery pays homage to those figures with his most ambitious and wide-ranging set to date. While Escoffery himself strives to represent the tenets of a Humble Warrior, it would be easy for him to act otherwise, given his stand-out career and ample accolades. A Grammy Award and DownBeat Critics Poll winner, he has performed with a who’s who of jazz, including Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Abdullah Ibrahim, Al Foster, Billy Hart, Eddie Henderson, Wallace Roney, and others. He has been a member of the Mingus Dynasty, Big Band and Orchestra since 2000 and toured and recorded with Tom Harrell for over a decade. In addition to his Quartet, Escoffery co-leads the Black Art Jazz Collective along with other leading voices of his generation and the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eTHE HUMBLE WARRIOR marks Escoffery’s leader debut for Smoke Sessions Records, where he’s previously recorded with the trombonist Steve Davis. The album features the return of Escoffery’s stellar quartet featuring pianist David Kikoski, bassist Ugonna Okegwo, and drummer Ralph Peterson. Trumpet great Randy Brecker and guitarist David Gilmore supplement the band for Escoffery’s breathtaking arrangement of several parts of Benjamin Britten’s Missa Brevis in D.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“We lost a lot of really great musicians in 2018 and 2019,” he says. “People like Roy Hargrove, Harold Mabern, Larry Willis, Richard Wyands, Lawrence Leathers, and, most recently, Jimmy Heath. I would describe all of those musicians as “Humble Warriors.” I have a lot of admiration and respect for them; they were all great warriors of the Music but always allowed the music to keep them humble. They all exemplified the utmost humility and integrity despite their superior abilities. I hope to maintain those same traits in my musical endeavors.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ereleased April 10, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWayne Escoffery – tenor \u0026amp; soprano saxophones\u003cbr\u003e\nDavid Kikoski – piano\u003cbr\u003e\nUgonna Okegwo – bass\u003cbr\u003e\nRalph Peterson Jr. – drums\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRandy Brecker – trumpet (tracks 3, 4, 5 \u0026amp; 6)\u003cbr\u003e\nDavid Gilmore – guitar (tracks 3, 4 \u0026amp; 5)\u003cbr\u003e\nVaughn Escoffery – vocals (track 5)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded Live November 18, 2019, at Sear Sound Studio C, NYC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache \u0026amp; Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecording, Mixing \u0026amp; Mastering Engineer: Chris Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nStudio Assistant: Justin Berger\u003cbr\u003e\nVocal Engineer: Alonzo Wright\u003cbr\u003e\nLiner Notes: Nate Chinen\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography: Jimmy and Dena Katz\u003cbr\u003e\nPerformance Photo: Jutta Deichmann\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign: Damon Smith and Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWayne Escoffery is a D’Addario Artist \u0026amp; endorses AMT Microphones\u003cbr\u003e\nDavid Kikoski appears courtesy of HighNote Records\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382102897022,"sku":"SSR-2002-CD","price":44.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-2002-CD.jpg?v=1760095121","url":"https:\/\/8merch.shop\/products\/wayne-escoffery-the-humble-warrior-cd","provider":"8Merch Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}