Immanuel Wilkins

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Immanuel Wilkins (* 1997 or 1998) is an American jazz musician ( alto saxophone , composition ) of modern jazz .

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Wilkins grew up in Upper Darby in the Philadelphia area . He gained his first musical experience in the church of his parish, which led him to attend jazz courses at the Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts . As a teenager, he was given the opportunity to perform the national anthem before the Philadelphia Eagles game in 2009 . Wilkins studied at the Juilliard School with Bruce Williams , Steve Wilson and Joe Temperley . In the course of his career so far he has worked a. a. with Jason Moran , Gerald Clayton , EJ Strickland , David Weiss, Ben Wolfe , the Count Basie Orchestra ( Ghost Band ), Gretchen Parlato , Solange Knowles , Bob Dylan , Harish Raghavan and Wynton Marsalis ; He also appeared on Michael Dease 's album Father Figure (PosiTone, 2015).

Wilkins led his own band in the late 2010s, with which he performed his own compositions and performed in jazz clubs and venues such as The Jazz Gallery , Smoke , Jamaica Center of Arts and Smalls . In this band Micah Thomas (piano), Daryl Johns (bass) and Kweku Sumbry (drums) played. He is also a member of the Dezron Douglas / Jonathan Blake and The Generation Gap quartet as well as the formations of Philip Dizack and Noam Wiesenberg . After his debut album The Dreamer , he released the album Omega ( Blue Note Records ) in 2020 , which he recorded with Micah Thomas , Daryl Johns and Kweku Sumbry .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Thomas Conrad: Immanuel Wilkins: Omega (Blue Note). In: JazzTimes . August 13, 2020, accessed August 16, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 16, 2020)
  3. ^ Immanuel Wilkins at WBGO
  4. ↑ a b Immanuel Wilkins. Smalls, March 1, 2019, accessed August 16, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Adam Sieff: Immanuel Wilkins - “Omega”. London Jazz News, August 14, 2020, accessed August 16, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Wilkins, Immanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (alto saxophone)
DATE OF BIRTH 1997 or 1998