Rudy Royston - 303 (2014)

Having already racked up a list of impressive credits as a member of Bill Frisells Big Sur Quintet and Dave Douglas Quintet, critically-acclaimed drummer Rudy Royston steps out as a leader with a stellar crew of some of the brightest young lights on the New York scene guitarist Nir Felder, pianist Sam Harris, saxophonist Jon Irabagon, trumpeter Nadja Noordhuis and tandem bass of Mimi Jones & Yasushi Nakamura. The music on 303 has complete vision, says Dave Douglas. It s really Rudy from the first note to the last. Profound grooves, soulful melodies and soloing come directly out of Rudys compositions into the band. It is a true pleasure to hear the inner musical thoughts of this great drummer.

Tracklist:

01 Mimi Sunrise
02 Play On Words
03 Prayer (for the people)
04 Good Night Kinyah
05 Gangs of New York
06 High and Dry (Radiohead)
07 Miles To Go
08 303
09 Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart)
10 Bownze
11 Prayer (for the earth)

Personnel:

Rudy Royston - drums & percussion
Jon Irabagon - saxophones
Nadje Noordhuis - trumpet
Nir Felder - guitar
Sam Harris - piano
Mimi Jones - bass (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 11)
Yasushi Nakamura - bass