Angel Face

In his colorful and wide ranging career, Alphonse Mouzon has long been considered one of the most skilled and versatile drummers in the music business. He was a member of the original version of Weather Report and Larry Coryell's Eleventh House, and worked with Gil Evans, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis (the Dingo album), Jean-Luc Ponty (a recent tour of Europe) and countless others. On his newest CD Angel Face, which took 11 years to complete, the drummer wrote and arranged all of the songs and gathered together a summit of musical giants, 14 in all including Alphonse. Musicians include trumpeters Arturo Sandoval and Wallace Roney, saxophonist Ernie Watts, pianists Cedar Walton and Kenny Barron, bassists Christian McBride and Henry "The Skipper" Franklin.