Wooley, Nate
Pleasure of the Text, 2022, CD
Instrument: Trumpet
Issue: 28.3
Jazz Ruler Type: Fusion
Performance: 3
Sound: 4
Score: 65
O’s Notes: Trumpeter Nate Woolley wrote Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes as a tribute to those who manage to get through life! Two words describe this outing: eclectic and eerie. That is the dominant mood on the first few selections. The sounds of nature: rain, waves, water, wind and birds come in on “Returning To Drown Myself, Finally”, leaving us feeling cleansed and hoping for a new day in a seemingly random walk. Perhaps our optimistic interpretation of the music was not the attempt of the writer but it’s what we felt.
Publicist: Braithwaite & Katz