For this project critically acclaimed saxophonist and composer Jack Wilkins researched Appalachian Mountain culture and environment as the inspiration for a series of new compositions. The compositions combine the musical inspiration of American roots music -Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Mountain music, New Orleans traditions- (the Blue” element) with the subjective inspiration of Appalachian Mountains – the people, artists, craftsmen, traditions and environment (the Green” element).

”The Blue & Green Project offers a paradigm modeled on good cheer, clear-sighted vision, hope and impressive musicianship, intimating a top-shelf selection for 2011.”” –

””Wilkins is a tough roving tenorist, and his conceptions vary from track to track. There”s little that is self-consciously folkish in this Jazz suite where Green stands for the natural world and Blue the insinuating influence of Jazz and world musics. I especially liked TWO VIEWS OF THE MOUNTAIN, which suggested a barn dance taken to a basement Greenwich Village Jazz club, the mournful Mingus-tinged 25 CENTS, and the second-line New Orleans BLACK BUCKET STOMP, energetic and creative throughout.”” -CADENCE MAGAZINE

TRACK LISTING:
1. Song of the Anvil(7:33)
2. Death Rattle(3:30)
3. Two Views of the Mountain(11:54)
4. Mountain Watercolors(13:33)
5. River Run(10:11)
6. That 25 Cents That You Paid(6:48)
7. Black Bucket Stomp(4:08)
8. Front Porch Jam [Radio Edit](4:27)

Additional Details

Label: Summit Records

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 40 mins

Release Date: 07/01/12

UPC: 099402572925