Friday June 7, native San Franciscan trombonist Wayne Wallace and his Grammy-nominated Wayne Wallace Jazz Quintet released their new album The Rhythm of Invention (Patois Records). Led by trombonist and Afro-Caribbean scholar Wayne Wallace, the collection of Latin jazz fusion is married with spoken word that is both mesmerizing and thought-provoking. In "The Rhythm of Invention," the inflection in the speaker’s voice pairs beautifully with the beat. As he says: Every beat has just as much importance as every other beat Countless layers of rhythm, piled one on top of the other The quintet features Wallace with pianist Murray Low, [...]