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Legendary bassist\/composer Buster Williams celebrates 80 years (and counting) along a path to musical enlightenment on his stunning new album, Unalome<\/em>, featuring vocalist Jean Baylor, saxophonist Bruce Williams, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, pianist George Colligan, and drummer Lenny White<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar with the title of the gorgeous new album from Buster Williams, Unalome<\/em>, or the lotus flower-topped symbol that graces its cover \u2013 \u201cUnalome\u201d is a Buddhist symbol representing individual transcendence and the path to enlightenment over the course of one\u2019s life, a guiding concept that Williams, a long-practicing Buddhist himself, has been exploring throughout his life and career. \u201cIt seemed to express perfectly the mood or the collective spirit of the music on this particular project,\u201d Williams explains. \u201cI believe that your life should be a succession of steps and that those steps should be along an ascending path.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Unalome <\/em>is the latest step along what has certainly been a storied path. One of the most revered bassists of the last half century, the Grammy-winning Williams has played, recorded, and collaborated with such jazz giants as Art Blakey, Chet Baker, Chick Corea, Dexter Gordon, Jimmy Heath, Larry Coryell, Wynton, and Branford Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, Count Basie, Errol Garner, Freddie Hubbard, and countless others. He was a charter member of Herbie Hancock\u2019s groundbreaking Mwandishi band and the all-star Thelonious Monk tribute ensemble Sphere.<\/p>\n

At 80 years of age, Buster Williams shows no sign of slowing his climb along that ascending path. Unalome <\/em>brilliantly reflects how far he\u2019s come while looking eagerly ahead to future chapters. \u201cAs I get older, I discover that there’s more over the horizon than you think,\u201d he declares. \u201cThe horizon may look like the end, but the closer you get the more you realize that you\u2019ll never reach it. What you can see from where you are, seems to be limited, but with each step, you see more and more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Legendary bassist\/composer Buster Williams celebrates 80 years (and counting) along a path to musical enlightenment on his stunning new album, Unalome, featuring vocalist Jean Baylor, saxophonist Bruce Williams, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, pianist George Colligan, and drummer Lenny White For those unfamiliar with the title of the gorgeous new album from Buster Williams, Unalome, or the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"product_cat":[43],"product_tag":[],"yoast_head":"\nUnalome - Smoke Sessions Records<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/smokesessionsrecords.com\/shop\/albums\/unalome\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Unalome - 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