Dwight Trible plays the music of Oscar Brown Jr.

If you've ever heard Oscar Brown Jr, you are aware of his genius. He is a celebrated singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist and actor— famous for such songs as All Blues, Dat Dere, The Snake and Water Melon Man.

OBJ was seen as the forerunner to socially-conscious performers like Gil Scott Heron. An all-around entertainer, he gained critical acclaim for merging the art of songwriting with social commentary. The Los Angeles Times described Oscar’s work as "a mosaic of poetic Musical images", also sighting his lyrics for such popular jazz instrumentals as Nat Adderley's Work Song, Bobby Timmons' Dat Dere" and Mongo Santamaria's Afro Blue. Trible and Oscar performed Brother Where Are You together for a documentary and maintained a decades-long friendship. On more than one occasion Oscar would take one of his poems and hand it to Dwight imploring him to "do something with it!" About a year ago, Trible and bassist Trevor Ware began to brainstorm a project. Later they ran into percussionist/soundscape artist Breeze Smith, drummer Paul Lagaspi and pianist John Beasley. They have chosen a mix of songs both well-known and some lesser-known, but deserving of wider recognition.

Dwight and company are excited about putting a new twist on these rare gems and invite you to come along on this magical excursion!