Sax-man Michael J Thomas has been releasing songs one at a time since December of 2021. It started with the original Holiday song ‘It's Christmas’ that featured two-time Grammy-nominated vocalist Maysa and was followed by ‘The OG Bounce’, a brass driven spectacular that really had a Parliament, Funkadelic, Tower Of Power thing going on. Then came Thomas’s reworking of ‘Everybody Wants to Rule The World’ that included trumpet from the legendary Randy Brecker while ‘H.A.D’ featured Chieli Minucci of Special EFX on guitar. This drop feed of radio ready gems concluded with a rendition of Stevie Wonder's ‘I Wish’ that was underpinned by a brass section of Steve Patrick on trumpets, Barry Green on trombone and Mark Douthit on alto, tenor and baritone saxes.
Now these five radio ready gems have been released in EP form under the title of ‘Outside The Door’ which interestingly is being provided using the Dolby Atmos Music audio technology that has already transformed the world of cinema and home theater by providing an immersive three-dimensional sound experience and is now aiming to do the same for music.