Soulful, passionate, stirring…these are the words most often used to describe Kirk’s music. Forged from his Memphis, (TN) gospel roots and his 1980‘s initiation into the thriving Houston, TX…
Source : Don Narcross (The San Diego Union Tribune) Martell Irby sits on a bar stool in his Skyline backyard, improvising on his red tenor saxophone. A half-lit moon hangs…
For his first Christmas album, saxophonist Kirk Whalum’s stated intent is an “unabashed celebration” of his Christian faith. “The Christmas message is for anyone and everyone,” he writes. “Jew, gentile,…