Wayne Wallace on a Roll!

Both Wayne Wallace and John Santos were just honored by the DownBeat 2008 Critic's Poll. Wayne writes:

First of all, congratulations to John Santos for being selected in the DownBeat 56th Annual Critics Poll Rising Star Percussion category.
I had the honor of being selected for the Rising Star Producer and Trombone categories (I am really proud of the producer selection).

The really big news is that The Nature of The Beat holds #1 two weeks in a row on the Jazz Week World Top 50 Chart!!! and moves up from #16 to #14 on the Jazz Week Jazz Top 50 Chart!!!

Congratulations, Wayne, John and Patois Records!