Abram Wilson, the award-winning and highly acclaimed trumpeter from New Orleans returns with a new album. A serious, provocative and thoughtful masterpiece from one of the jazz scenes most talented musicians. His third release on the Dune label, Abram Wilson presents Life Paintings, a musical collage of secrets and somewhat personal accounts of his own life. An expression of truth, this uninhibited collection of songs, some significant and some even trivial, paint pictures familiar to many; love, seduction, frustration, happiness, freedom, leadership, youth, to name a few. A mature set of solely instrumental compositions steeped in the jazz tradition, this album asks more of the listener than previous recordings offering an abundance of colours, thoughts, and images that can only be conjured up by articulate improvisational freedom and song. Undoubtedly his most honest conversation so far, 'Life Paintings' unveils a wide musical palette of feelings and emotions. Tracks; 1. Dusk Till Dawn / 2. Rainbows And Fantasies / 3. Even Though Youre Bad For Me / 4. Obama / 5. The Eyes Of Belladonna / 6. Snake In The Grass / 7. Chasing Mosquito Hawks / 8. Kiss And Make Up / 9. Rush Hour / 10. Breaking Point
