Results for "Art Edmaiston"

Art Edmaiston

Born: June 22, 1972

Arthur Glenn Edmaiston, Jnr. / Bhakti Lam-Mu

Memphis TN based saxophonist, improviser, composer and arranger

Arthur Edmaiston grew up in a very small town in NW TN and moved to Memphis to study music and learn from elders who still roamed the streets and recording studios of that famous music mecca.  After spending a few years playing Blues, Soul, Rock-n-Roll and R&B on Beale Street and in various clubs around town, Edmaiston got on the tour bus in the late 90's with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Vocalist Bobby "Blue" Bland which began a 20-plus year ride across the globe.

Memphis Mandala

By Art Edmaiston

Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Open The Gates; Room For Three; Rattling The Chains; Transportation Awaits; Hear The Call; Now Boarding; Hearts & Flowers; Last Glimpse And Final Exhalation.

Art Edmaiston & Chad Fowler: Memphis Mandala

by Glenn Astarita
April 7, 2026

Recorded live in Memphis, Memphis Mandala is led by Art Edmaiston on tenor and soprano saxophones, alongside Chad Fowler's work on stritch and flute. They are backed by a rhythm section that intuitively knows when to push the accelerator and when to let the engine idle in neutral. The result is collective improvisation--with two drummers--that feels ...

Art Edmaiston / Chad Fowler: Memphis Mandala

by Mark Corroto
March 18, 2026

We often approach recordings as if they were live performances: fully present in the moment, deeply engaged, and then rarely revisited. Like a concert, the sounds drift into the ether, lingering in memory and, perhaps, subtly reshaping the listener's internal landscape. Yet Memphis Mandala, the 2024 live collaboration between saxophonists Art Edmaiston and Chad ...

The Back 9

By Art Edmaiston

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Where Love Hides; Cave Painting; Tumblevision; Sea Pebbles; Open Portal; Wandering There And Back; Blues From The Back.

Australopithecus

By Art Edmaiston

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Code Words; Thunder Sheet/Trane'S Teeth; The Lioness/Australopithecus; Inhale Peace, Exhale Love.

Cozmic Soul Gumbo

By Ra Kalam Bob Moses

Label: Ra Kalam Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Tony Calls The Drums To Prayer; Dancing Bears; Hope; The Lioness; Hapi Drum Peace; Africano Liberia’s; Sky Drummers Out For A Stroll; Dance Of The Molecules; Train To Outer Soulville; Gong Without Gong; Christmas On Venus; Blues In The Face

Memphis Metaphysics

By Hein Westgaard

Label: Sonic Transmissions Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Ib (the Heart); Shuyet (the Shadow); Khet (the Physical Body); Ka (the Vital Essence); Sah (the Spiritual Body)