The band sounds like the Branford Marsalis Quartet/Coltrane's Quartet.His major influence of writing comes from Wynton Marsalis' Black Codes From The Underground CD.The vocal group, Entity Live ( singing on track 8 ) is musicially versatile in their vocal

11 MP3 Songs in this album (58:36) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Jazz quartet, SPIRITUAL: Instrumental Gospel

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This is the 2nd recording of Phillip K Jones II.It is a jazz recording full of innovative arrangements of Christmas music.The personell of this recording is :Piano,Organ,Drums,Key Bass on trks 8 & 11- Phillip Kojnes,II,Acoustic Bass- Christopher Mees,Guitar on trk 6- Tony Pulizzy,Soprano and Tenor Saxaphones- Diego Rivera,Alto Saxaphone on trk 11- Kieth McKelley,Vocals on trk 8-Entity Live.On this particular recording it does not feature Phillip as a drummer (although he enjoys to play drums regularly).But it features him as a pianist/composer and a arranger of music.The entire recording is full of life and energy and will not have you to be bored from listening to it.You will hear a lot the influence of Elvin Jones and Jeff Tain Watts,Oscar Peterson and Phineas Newborn,John Coltrane,Branford Marsalis,and Kenny Kirkland.This Christmas CD of jazz arrangements is something that you will have to have in your musical collection.