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Anthony Wilson showed a fair amount of promise on his self-titled debut album of 1997, and he lives up to that promise on 1998's Goat Hill Junket, and on his third album Adult Themes. This CD is noteworthy not only because of Wilson's Wes Montgomery-influenced guitar playing, but also because of his arranging and composing. On Adult Themes, Wilson leads what Phil Woods might call a "little big band." No less than five horn players are employed (including trumpeter/flügelhornist Carl Saunders, trombonist Ira Nepus, alto saxophonist Jeff Clayton, tenor saxophonist Pete Christlieb, and baritone saxophonist Jack Nimitz), and the hard-swinging rhythm section includes, among others, pianist Donald Vega, bassist Danton Boller, and drummer Mark Ferber. Wilson does much of the writing himself, but he also provides inventive arrangements of the Beatles' "Because," Donald Fagen's "Maxine," and the traditional Irish ballad "Danny Boy." None of these songs have been done to death by jazz musicians, and Wilson deserves credit for successfully bringing them into a jazz environment. Adult Themes isn't innovative, but this enjoyable date is certainly neither generic nor predictable. ~ Alex Henderson
Personnel: Anthony Wilson (guitar, electric sitar, kazoo); Jeff Clayton (alto saxophone, clarinet, flute); Pete Christlieb (tenor saxophone); Jack Nimitz (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet); Carl Saunders (trumpet, flugelhorn); Ira Nepus (trombone); Donald Vega (piano); Joe Bagg (organ); Danton Boller (bass); Mark Ferber (drums); Greg Ellis (percussion).
Personnel: Anthony Wilson (guitar, electric sitar, kazoo); Jeff Clayton (flute, clarinet, saxophone); Pete Christlieb (saxophone); Donald Vega (piano); Mark Ferber (drums).
JazzTimes (12/99, p.139) - "...his finest and most varied album yet, adulthood, i.e. maturity, seems at hand....he does bring to the form a kind of passion and also an inveterate reverence for tradition..." Anthony Wilson Adult Themes Songs | 1. | Barry's Tune |
| 2. | Maxine |
| 3. | Chorale |
| 4. | Idle Blues |
| 5. | Invention in Blue |
| 6. | Because |
| 7. | Danny Boy |
| 8. | Unfinished Situation: Unfinished Situation / Impermanence / The Impasse / Lullaby / Integration |
| 9. | Impermanence |
| 10. | Impasse, The |
| 11. | Lullaby |
| 12. | Integration |
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Purchase Adult Themes CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Jack McDuff Crash! CD (1994)
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Organist Jack McDuff has long had a powerful style and the two former LPs that are combined on this single CD offer some strong examples of his accessible playing. In both cases McDuff is joined by guitarist Kenny Burrell (in fact one of the two sets was originally under Burrell's name), drummer Joe Dukes and occasionally Ray Barretto on congas. In addition Harold Vick is on tenor for most selections and Eric Dixon guests on tenor and flute during three songs. Highlights include a driving "How High the Moon," "Love Walked In" and a pair of original blues: "Smut" and "Our Miss Brooks." McDuff and Burrell work together quite well. This ...
| | Anthony Wilson CD (1997)
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Recorded on February 26-27, 1997. Includes liner notes by Doug Richards.
ANTHONY WILSON was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance.
This was a very impressive debut by guitarist Anthony Wilson, the son of veteran bandleader Gerald Wilson. Anthony, who had won the Thelonious Monk competition for best composition ("Karaoke," which is included on this set), is a fine bop-based guitarist who is a particularly inventive composer/arranger. Seven of the ten selections on this disc are his, as are all of the arrangements other than Lucky Thompson's "The Parisian Knights," which was transcribed by Wilson from the original record. His charts utilize such top L.A.-based players as trumpeter Carl Saunders, trombonist Ira Nepus, Louis Taylor on various reeds, tenorman Pete Christlieb, baritonist Jack Nimitz, pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Danton Boller and drummer Willie Jones III. Bennie Wallace takes a guest tenor solo on "Southern ...
| | Anthony Wilson Goat Hill Junket CD (1998)
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Goat Hill Junket recalls Anthony Wilson to the forefront of his nonet playing five new originals and three arrangements with memorable melodies and great ensemble textures. Wilson and his ensemble swing with the dynamics of older styles of jazz on songs that create their own melodic world. His resonant guitar leads on an innovative arrangement of "Here's That Rainy Day" and further compliments the standard with an impeccable array of younger and seasoned talent. With Jeff Ballard on drums, Jerry Dodgion on alto and Ted Nash on tenor, listeners are treated to Wilson's intense relationship with music as a composer, arranger and guitarist. Great horns and cool charts add attitude to Goat Hill Junket and give a spontaneous difference to the musical events presented by Wilson on his covers of "The Cherry Tree," and "It Has Happened to Me." Guest artist Bennie Wallace shines on his original composition which is part of Wilson's and Wallace's quartet repertory. "Georgia Waltz" spotlights Anthony Wilson's musical growth and firmly transplants his groove from roots ...
| | Anthony Wilson Our Gang CD (2001)
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This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Most of Anthony Wilson's recordings to date tend to put the focus on his writing, so this workout by the guitarist in a trio is a welcome change of pace. Wilson has a melodic and boppish ...
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As explosive as the creation of the universe comes an equally explosive trio known as Big Bang Method.The group was conceived by guitarist, Guthrie Matthews and bassist, Jim Loretangeli as an outlet ...
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Andy Milne had no intention of recording a solo piano CD focusing on typical standards, so he instead chose to mine the relatively untapped (for a jazz musician) music popular with rock audiences of the 1970s and 1980s, with surprising results. Milne is hardly the first jazz musician to record a work by Sting, but his lyrical, pastoral setting of "Message in a Bottle" unveils its potential in a jazz setting. Neil Young's work is a more startling choice, though Milne's ...
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