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Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood review – alto sax player’s hugely ambitious meditation on his roots
The young American taps into generational memory with assorted guest vocalists and a rich, rewarding palette of styles and moods
The first two albums from American alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins showed him a force to be reckoned with; a fluent player steeped in tradition (with Kenny Garrett a touchstone) who is also an inventive conceptualist committed to “sacred music”. Co-produced by Meshell Ndegeocello, Blues Blood underscores the lofty ambitions of the 27-year-old Philadelphian, who incorporates several female vocalists into the album’s shapeshifting fabric. Opener Matte Glaze is a gleeful alto romp set against Micah Thomas’s chiming piano, a mood maintained on Motion.
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