Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule: CD Exclusive and Tony Williams on drums

and Tony Williams on drums

a striking new album that finds the Houston-born drummer and composer paring down to a trio featuring saxophonist Walter Smith III and bassist Reuben Rogers

along with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and George Coleman on tenor saxophone

who has whipped up an omnidirectional brew of Hammond Organ Groove that

Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley had already led nine dates for Blue Note Records by the time he arrived at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio on February 7

Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule: CD Exclusive and Tony Williams on drums"Beloved around the world just like Santa Claus himself, Louis Satchmo Armstrong devoted his life to the cause of happiness, as he once put it, giving the gift of joy every time he put his trumpet to his lips or crooned with his gravel voice. Since his passing, his music has become synonymous with the holiday season, his golden trumpet tone still able to cut through the din of even the most bustling shopping mall. And he never released a holiday