The Waiting Game LP (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP Bilal BEFORE CULMINATING IN THE KIND

BEFORE CULMINATING IN THE KIND OF HALF-CUT PERSONAL EPIPHANY THAT EVEN THE MOST LAW-ABIDING AMONG US COULD RELATE TO

and against all the odds

a medieval folk lute

The album also features contributions from Gibbons’ fellow Portishead bandmate Adrian Utley

The future that is undefined is limitless

The Waiting Game LP (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP Bilal BEFORE CULMINATING IN THE KINDThe Waiting Game was the unsung tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks final album, recorded in 1961 but not released until 1999. Brooks is one of the most under appreciated tenor players and composers of the hard bop era, with only one of his four Blue Note sessions (the classic True Blue) released during his lifetime. Brooks is joined here by Johnny Coles on trumpet, Kenny Drew on piano, Wilbur Ware on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums. Brooks penned five