Dudley Owens & Aaron Wright Band - People Calling (2012)

Over the last year, Chicago saxophonist Dudley Owens and New York bassist Aaron Immanuel Wright conceptualized the production of a new project that would have their modern compositions executed with strong "old-school" sonic qualities. More importantly, they set out to make instrumental music that reflects the powerful protest-based political changes going on in the world. The title track features Owens, Wright, and drummer Clif Wallace singing backgrounds that say, very simply, "oh, the people calling." The rest of the record ranges from soulful ballads such as Wright's "Magnolia" to "Book of Revelations," a burning, apocalyptic, modal exploration that makes use of the full quintet with Willerm Delisfort on piano and Justin Stanton on trumpet.

Dudley Owens - tenor and soprano saxophones
Justin Stanton - trumpet
Willerm Delisfort - piano
Aaron Immanuel Wright - double bass
Clif Wallace - drums