Album Notes

Why "Between Lenox and Seventh?" It's the phrase that I use to tell the cab driver how to get to Cone's place. That is where the past, the present, and the future come together as the spirits of the past and living legends on the posters and pictures come alive and swing with us. It's a place for us to shed and then express ourselves through musical improvisation. It's where we get together and talk about life, love, religion vs. spirituality, and... the music!!! Not just Jazz, but all music and the business of music. What sells vs. what's in your soul and will you sell your soul to excel or why soulful singers are watering down their sound while other singers are getting big budgets to try and sound soulful.

Between Lenox and Seventh is an escape from all of that. Cone and I got together and decided to have a good time. The end result was a CD about life, love, religion vs. spirituality, and the music. We covered all the bases of love and life. God, fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, friends, lovers, new found love, and lost love are all there. Listen closely and you'll hear the life lessons of two friends who have grown into brothers over the last 21 years. Listen closely and you'll hear the maturation and evolution of two 18 year old kids who formed a bond a long time ago on the campus of Florida A&M University (while marching in the Marching 100) from just talking about life, love, religion vs. spirituality, and...the music.

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