Milton Suggs - Things to Come

[GA Russell]

A young Chicago singer named Milton Suggs has a new album out called Things to Come.

He's good! I think of him as a baritone Donny Hathaway. Is anyone familiar with him?

The album has young Chicago players on it like Marquis Hill on trumpet, Vincent Gardner on trombone and Willerm Delisfort on piano.

Although the band plays jazz throughout, Suggs' singing has an R&B quality to it, and I can imagine some of the songs being played on soul radio stations.

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Edited May 22, 2012 by GA Russell

[Larry Kart]

Sampled a bit of this; he's talented, reminds me some of Al Jarreau. He's the son of bassist Milton Suggs, who worked with Mary Lou Wiliams.

[GA Russell]

I heard the 'Round Midnight track from this album yesterday on Sirius.

[webbcity]

Wow...love the samples! Thanks for posting this. I'm a fan of his dad's bass playing too...is he still with us?

[GA Russell]

I received word today that Milton Suggs' new album called Lyrical, Volume 1, will be released July 24. I'm looking forward to hearing it.

Edited May 22, 2012 by GA Russell

[Chuck Nessa]

All of this gives me the creeps. I knew the fine bass player Milton Suggs in Chicago - he worked with Betty Carter and others. He was a kind person killed way too early by disease. Can't shake that to enjoy the rest. Sorry to fuck up the thread.

[clifford_thornton]

Yeah, every time I see the name I think the same thing, Chuck. Never knew the bassist personally but his playing is/was great.

[GA Russell]

I've had a chance to listen to the new Lyrical, Vol. 1, and I think that if it were on a major label, it would have a good chance of being a top ten-selling jazz album of the year.

Suggs wrote the lyrics to all of the songs. Most of the songs are mainstream jazz classics, like Armageddon, Footprints, Infant Eyes, Ceora, Stablemates, Virgo and Lady Bird.

I like the songs, and I like Suggs' singing, so I like the album. I'm confident that it will get plenty of airplay on Sirius.

[GA Russell]

I see that both Things to Come and Lyrical, Vol. 1 are available at Spotify.

[GA Russell]

I see that Milton Suggs has moved to New York, and that he will be at Small's Nov. 28.

http://www.miltonsuggs.com/contents#!__contents/calendar