Moment of Truth (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP 2025BF40% While Deciphering The Message collects

While Deciphering The Message collects songs from several years of Blue Note history

including a quartet date with John Simmons on bass and Shadow Wilson on drums

“A young vocalist with a low alto as rich as custard…and a devotion

Lauren Daigle)

and Puerto Rican composer Pedro Flores (“Obsession”)

Moment of Truth (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP 2025BF40% While Deciphering The Message collectsBorn in Mississippi, Gerald Wilson spent formative years in Detroit before launching a celebrated career as a trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After moving to Los Angeles, Wilson signed with Pacific Jazz and in 1961 began a decade long run of spectacular recordings including 1962s Moment of Truth. The action packed 9 song set (including 7 originals) is a showcase for Wilsons many strengths as he uses the vibrant colors his dynamic big