Individually, they are three titans of contemporary music: Rick Braun, the gifted trumpeter\/flugelhornist with the golden voice; GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winning tenor saxophonist Kirk Whalum, the Memphis-born wunderkind who mixes Beale Street, gospel, the blues and bop; and Norman Brown, the GRAMMY\u00ae-winning guitarist who brings a Louisiana lilt to his Wes Montgomery\/George Benson influenced six-string soulful strut. They came together eleven years ago as the supergroup known as BWB and their historic album Groovin\u2019, made them one of the most sought-after groups at that time.<\/p>\n
This terrific triad reassembles with the June 18, 2013 release of Human Nature on Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group (international release dates may vary). This long-awaited sequel to their debut project spotlights BWB\u2019s stupendous reimaging of eleven selections made famous by the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe made the first BWB record in 2002 when we were all on Warner Bros. Jazz,\u201d Braun says. \u201cWe did a world tour behind the record. And then we\u2019ve all been off doing our own thing \u2013 so this is really a reunion. We have an incredible amount of respect for each other: We phrase together. We complete each other\u2019s sentences, musically. We\u2019re really just a good bunch of guys making music, and grateful to be doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n