DOUG WAMBLE
Equal parts guitarist, composer and singer-songwriter, Doug Wamble continues his one-of-a-kind musical journey with Blues in the Present Tense, a set of original songs featuring what amounts to a band to end all bands: the elusive Prometheus Jenkins on tenor and soprano saxophones, along with Mr. Jenkins’ musical soulmates and longtime associates Eric Revison bass and Jeff “Tain” Watts on drums.
“It’s a cliche to say ‘dream come true,’” Wamble remarks, “but this really was for me. It was one of the best musical experiences of my life. I was also honored to have my friend and drummer extraordinaire Charley Drayton there to produce and provide advice and guidance. Charley is a legend. Charley knows sound. He knows texture and feeling.”
All the elements are in place on Blues: not only the unmatched instrumental virtuosity, but the grit and soul of Wamble’s extraordinarily expressive voice. The one non-vocal track, “Blues to the Unfound,” is almost like chamber music, laying bare Wamble’s creative and aesthetic range. In Wamble’s words it is “an instrumental meditation on heartbreak and loss that began as a solo guitar piece inspired by Duke Ellington and Kenny Kirkland.”
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