BIMHUIS TV Present: IMMANUEL WILKINS QUARTET

American new jazz hero impresses as composer and soloist.
Immanuel Wilkins alto saxophone, Micah Thomas piano, Rick Rosato doublebass, Kweku Sumbry drums.
Immanuel Wilkins is a saxophonist with a penchant for grand gestures, with an engaging sound and epic compositions. His first album Omega was named the best of 2020 by New York Times and the most important jazz debut in years by JazzTimes. In early 2022, his most recent album, The 7th Hand, was released on the famed Blue Note label. On this release, Wilkins grapples with themes of religion and spiritualism in relation to music.
Immanuel Wilkins has played regularly with another new jazz hero, vibraphonist Joel Ross. Additionally, he has collaborated with artists from very different genres, and major ones too: Solange Knowles, Wynton Marsalis and Bob Dylan, for example. It shows the scope of the alto saxophonist, who is back on our stage after a year.
Audio: Chris Weeda, Video: Micha de Kanter, Lights: Misha Pipercic, Stage Sound: Matthijs de Ruijter