Wayne Escoffery, the award-winning saxophonist Escoffery's evocative recording, 'Vortex', is about the current dizzying maelstrom of racism, bigotry and hate in the U.S. and the saxophonist's renewed commitment to his responsibilities and artistic goals. At the end of 2016, Escoffery assembled a tremendous quartet of jazz's most elite musicians that would record a live album, headline New York's legendary Village Vanguard, and tour steadily for the next year. The current political and cultural landscape of the United States has caused many to take pause and Escoffery has had a lifetime to learn and deal with growing up black and as an immigrant (English born of Jamaican descent). But it was the recent US election and its effects on his young son that had a profound impact on him. Personnel: Wayne Escoffery (tenor saxophone), David Kikoski (piano), Ugonna Okegwo (bass), Ralph Peterson Jr. (drums)
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