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Immanuel Wilkins: Omega is Just the Beginning

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Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, in the midst of celebrating the success of his debut album Omega (Blue Note, 2020), appeared at the 2021 Newport Jazz Festival as the leader of his own band. With his band of four years, Micah Thomas on piano, bassist Daryl Johns and drummer Kweku Sumbry, Wilkins performed pieces from Omega as well as songs previously unrecorded. Besides leading his own band, Wilkins has been an in demand sideman to such artists as Gretchen Parlato, Joel Ross, ...

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