Guitarist/composer/vocalist Doug Wamble is a jazz traditionalist in the best sense of the word. Combining music from his deep Southern roots with jazz, he creates a sound that touches upon rural blues, gospel, swing, and post-bop. He made his recording debut with Wynton Marsalis on 1999's Big Train and backed Cassandra Wilson on Traveling Miles the same year. Wamble issued his own Country Libations in 2003 and followed with 2005's Bluestate. In 2012, he began producing the recordings of his wife, singer, songwriter, and actress Morgan James. He released the album Fast as Years, Slow as Days in 2013, and For Anew and Rednecktelectual arrived in 2014. The Traveler: Live in New York City appeared in 2015, and he joined the faculty of the Juilliard School the following year. Wamble returned to recording under his own name with Blues in the Present Tense in 2022.