Marcus Stickland - Of Song

On his Criss Cross debut, tenor saxophonist Marcus Strickland offers a program of ballads, mixing original compositions and interpretations of classics - the songbook standard What's New, Wayne Shorter's Pinocchio, James Brown's It's a Man's Man's World. Not yet thirty at the time of the recording date, Strickland displays a ravishing tone and a lyric sensibility that belies his youth. In the band: pianist David Bryant, bassist Ben Williams, and drummer E.J. Strickland Harpist Brandee Q.Younger appears on the ballad Djorolen.