Singer Jean Baylor and drummer Marcus Baylor discovered one another by way of jazz, however their backgrounds as preachers’ children introduced them nearer nonetheless. It is also made a huge effect on the music they make.
These married co-leaders introduced their Baylor Challenge to the KNKX studios and stuffed our hearts with love and swing by way of an epic hour-long studio session. Saxophonist Keith Loftis, trumpeter Freddie Hendrix, pianist Terry Brewer and bassist Richie Items shared the Baylor Challenge’s celebration of the common facet of the human situation by way of the lens of the Black expertise.
Internet hosting in our studios for the primary time, KNKX Night Jazz host Steve Edwards made The Baylors and their band really feel like household. Their dialog touched on music, the church, and the loopy ups and downs of a married couple main a Grammy-nominated jazz band by way of a pandemic.
The group carried out at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley on June 28-29 in help of their second album, “Generations.” Marcus Baylor additionally teased a few new recording from the group he says is coming in the summertime. Till then, KNKX is overjoyed to share this bounty of songs about household, religion, and a deep love of tradition and group.
