Following the release of his debut album, Wilkes, bassist Sam Wilkes is set to release a live record entitled Live On The Green. Due out on November 8th through Leaving Records, it features songs and alternate versions from his debut as well as new tracks, and sees Wilkes joined by Sam Gendel on alto saxophone, Jacob Mann on Roland Juno 106 and Korg Kronos, Christian Euman on drums, and Adam Ratner and Brian Green on electric guitars.

Ahead of its release, Wilkes has shared the first single ‘Alma’. Take a listen now.

A prominent name in the Los Angeles’ contemporary jazz scene, bassist Sam Wilkes is gearing up to release his debut album entitled Wilkes. It follows the release earlier this year of Music for Saxofone and Bass, a collaborative record with saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Sam Gendel and is due out on October 5th through Leaving Records. Asked about the record’s inspirations by Leaving’s own Carlos Niño, Wilkes cites an array of innovators including John Coltrane, Pharaoh Sanders, Miles Davis, Milton Nascimento, Alice Coltrane and Brian Eno, amongst others. Wilkes also cites Sam Gendel, Louis Cole and Genevieve Artadi, all three featured on his forthcoming album.

The first single Tonight’ is now streaming and it serves as an exhilarating taste of what’s to come. Take a listen.