Evergreen
Verve 653767 (CD, LP, DL)
Julius Rodriguez (p, ky, syn, d, b, g, cl, prog), Luke Titas, Brian Richburg (d), Nicole McCabe (as), Nate Mercereau (syn, g), Philip Norris (el b, b, d), Jermaine Paul (b), Emilio Modeste (s), Alonzo Demetrius, Keyon Harrold (t), Declan Miers (b), Chris Lewis (ts), Jay Adlher and Georgia Anne Muldrow (v). Rec. date not stated
Drummer, pianist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and (since heâs still only 25) wunderkind Julius Rodriguez has spent several years as a sideman for some ofAmericaâs brightest: Kurt Elling, Keyon Harrold and Wynton Marsalis among them. As a long-time member of Isaiah Barrâs Onyx Collective heâs collaborated with A$AP Rocky and members of the Wu Tang Clan, and has cited influences â Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk â passedâŠ
