Jazz Articles about Brad Wheeler

Brad Wheeler: The Future Was Yesterday

by Dan McClenaghan
November 5, 2005

The Future Was Yesterday opens with a bass/drum knock and rumble, churning ahead with a loose momentum. A bit after a minute into the song--"Inner Vision"--the piano chords in with some gentle chimes, and you know right off you're listening to a hell of a rhythm section. Then Brad Wheeler blows into the mix on a robust and searching tenor, and you know you've got a hell of a saxophonist, too.That opener has me thinking of the classic ...