Eric Wyatt – Borough of Kings (2014)
Eric Wyatt makes good on his enviable Brooklyn upbringing by evoking the masters he’s met as a child while finding his own voice to do it.’Borough of Kings’ is pure, Brooklyn-bred jazz at its finest.

Eric Wyatt makes good on his enviable Brooklyn upbringing by evoking the masters he’s met as a child while finding his own voice to do it.’Borough of Kings’ is pure, Brooklyn-bred jazz at its finest.

They offer unique insights into Journey’s first Top 20 single, and one of its last.

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What changed? Lee isn’t exactly sure. But he’s got a theory or two.

The costs of these conflicts, the very real costs, are writ large.

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Diligently designed songs, executed with taste, substance, and energy.

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