Torch Bearers is the landmark new recording from Grammy Award© winning trumpeter-composer-arranger Brian Lynch, featuring legendary saxophonist Charles McPherson. Recorded at Van Gelder Studios with an all-star lineup including vocalist Samara Joy, this album documents the first recorded collaboration between Lynch and McPherson since their initial meeting in 1980, reflecting a shared artistic lineage shaped by direct experience with pianist and educator Barry Harris.
Featuring original compositions including pieces written specifically for and with Joy, alongside canonic bebop works by Barry Harris and Dizzy Gillespie, the album showcases mutual intuition among musicians united by Harris’ influence. Joined by pianists Rob Schneiderman…
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