Trumpeter Marques Carroll creates an album with a musical story about his African-American ancestors, taking us on a rich but not preachy journey. With Brent Griffin/as, Amr Fahmyy/p-oud, Christian Dillingham/b, Greg Art/dr and guests Victor Garcia/cong, Alex Wasily/tb and Sharon Irving/voc Carroll takes us on a journey with post bop musical guides. Art’s drum rumbles under Carroll’s charging horn on “The Ancestor’s Call Upon Us” while Fahmy’s piano sears through “Generational Response”. Garcia adds a Latin pulse to “Urgency” and Irving is poetic on “Aries Goddess” with Dillingham delivers a modal ride for “The Ancestor’s Final Words”. Sonic history.