1/5/26: “How Will You See When Your Sun Is Gone,” by Gordon Wright

Gordon Wright is a Chicago-area musician who will be sharing music on the 5th day of the month all year long. Long ago, he fronted an East Coast pop/rock band called Fooled By April. These days you can find him singing jazz in the Chicago Jazz Dads.

His first tune for the Rise Up Music project is a mournful singer-songwriter number that was inspired, he says, by jazz standards, but not for the reasons you might expect. Listen to find out why.