Wakeling, Tom
Cellar Music, 2025, CD
Instrument: Guitar
Issue: 31.2
Jazz Ruler Type: Bebop
Performance: 4
Sound: 3
Score: 82
O’s Notes: Seasoned bassist Tom Wakeling leads a quartet with Jason Carder (t, flugelhorn), Angelo Versace (p) and Dom Moio (d). They share in production and each musician takes the lead at different point in a true team effort. “Mambo Inn” captures the Caribbean, festive mood with live, energetic “Watergate Blues” with a slamming bass solo from Wakeling. There are cool (Billy Strayhorn) and hot (Kenny Dorham) versions of “Lotus Blossom” along with the passionate “The Man I Love” before the swinging closer “Evidence” with a rousing drum solo by Moio.
Publicist: Lisa Reedy Promotions