Urbanessence
Omentum
Fire & Ice
Bliss Point
Urbanessence
Crazy, Stupid Fine (Bass Intro)
Poor to Rico
Up The Down Staircase
Justice & Mercy (for Bryan Stevenson)
Fly by Night
Sublime (for Roy Hargrove)

Tito Carrillo, trompette
Troy Roberts, saxophone
Ben Lewis, piano
Clark Sommers, contrebasse
Jay Sawyer, batterie
Victor Gonzalez, percussion

Urbanessence, the second solo album by veteran trumpeter and composer Tito Carrillo, is an homage to the funky beauty and unique energy of city life—where profound human connections are established daily with those who look and speak differently from one another, and where the art, language and delicacies from every tribe are celebrated. Cities are home to the creators, the visionaries, and the innovators, who marshal armies of people motivated by the hope they provide and the vision they impart. For the artists themselves, the city is their playground. With saxophonist Troy Roberts, pianist Ben Lewis, bassist Clark Sommers, drummer Jay Sawyer, and percussionist Victor Gonzalez, Carrillo channels and celebrates the black music traditions from the three Americas through this set of 10 original compositions.