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NYC-based jazz trumpeter, vocalist and bandleader Nate Birkey celebrates the release of his ninth album, "Just A Closer Walk".

Birkey, a Colorado native has built a solid reputation for creating a modernizing “mainstream” musical voice, steeped in subtle swing and expressive lyricism which has earned comparisons to Miles Davis and Chet Baker, while making careful, tasteful detours into other rhythms and genres. He steps into some terrain both new and old by offering fresh yet traditional approaches to the realm of gospel music and spirituals on the album Just a Closer Walk, his latest album on the Household Ink label...

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NYC-based jazz trumpeter, vocalist and bandleader Nate Birkey celebrates the release of his ninth album, "Just A Closer Walk".

Birkey, a Colorado native has built a solid reputation for creating a modernizing “mainstream” musical voice, steeped in subtle swing and expressive lyricism which has earned comparisons to Miles Davis and Chet Baker, while making careful, tasteful detours into other rhythms and genres. He steps into some terrain both new and old by offering fresh yet traditional approaches to the realm of gospel music and spirituals on the album Just a Closer Walk, his latest album on the Household Ink label. Recorded live at a church in Santa Barbara, California where Birkey lived for several years before heading east, the inspiring all-instrumental song set features the ripe and empathetic work of his “west coast” quintet, with pianist Jamieson Trotter, tenor saxophonist Tom Buckner, bassist Jim Connolly and drummer Peter Buck. It’s another strong addition to a fascinating discography and musical adventure in progress for Birkey.

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