Herlin Riley: Perpetual Optimism

Herlin Riley

Perpetual Optimism

Mack Avenue

Herlin Riley has been a mainstay of Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra – and many of Wynton’s non-Lincoln solo albums too. He’s also been on recent recordings by Ahmad Jamal, and he carries the heart and soul of New Orleans in his bones and in his playing – as bandleader across a handful of recent …