Synonym - CD Exclusive Wanderlust 4’57

Wanderlust 4’57

Hank Mobley was inspired by Birth of the Cool on his 1966 album A Slice of the Top featuring Duke Pearson’s arrangements for an octet that added euphonium and tuba to a group with James Spaulding on alto sax

and her long-time arranger Richard Evans blends flutes

ROYAL ROOST (Kenny Dorham)

Two years after issuing his acclaimed trio album Valentine

Synonym - CD Exclusive Wanderlust 4’57With her 3rd Blue Note album Synonym, Meshell Ndegeocello presents a remarkable album of duets featuring an astounding rollcall of special guests reimagining and reconceptualizing a brilliantly curated collection of classic songs that are known, loved, and diverse in tone, genre, intent, and BPM. This is an album about joy, selfhood, individual representation, and universal experience that explores expressions of desire, care, heartbreak, friendship,