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Gerald Wilson has been a fixture at the Monterey Jazz Festival in California since its inception, and has been commissioned to write works for that festival. On Monterey Moods, he presents a seven-part suite featuring different elements of jazz, all in modern big-band style, based on three notes signifying the evenly paced word "Mon-ter-ey." Each segment sings and swings in its own way, yet has similar characteristics, much as a cohesive fashion collection might. Wilson, at 89 years young, has recruited a New York-based all-star band, not one from his resident southern California, for this endeavor. All are heavyweights, and are given liberal solo space after the sparse head arrangements. The music is for the most part punchy, vital, and alive with the spirit of the breezy, ocean-splashed, spacious West Coast. Hubert Laws is the most prominent soloist, as the distinctive flute master weaves his magic throughout. A quick-witted hard-bop "Allegro" starts the proceedings, followed by "Jazz Swing Waltz" with a lengthy piano intro from Renee Rosnes in prelude for three flutes fronting the call-and-response horns, a complex chart, and a total of six soloists. The next four pieces, a suite within a suite, cement the quite similar three-note phrase in easy late-night calypso with Afro-Cuban (seven soloists!), blues (another five), and solo bass modes, with the seventh-part finale a no-solo clipped coda epilogue. Wilson's writing is no less than remarkable and as good as it gets, especially considering his age. The remainder of the program is a feature for son/guitarist Anthony Wilson for the very slow tender ballad standard "I Concentrate on You" and "The Mini Waltz," another showcase for the brilliant, bright, and quick flute of the ever-present Laws. This session is quite comparable to Wilson's Grammy-nominated Theme for Monterey, and quite accurately reflective of the ambience there. It's easy to hear Wilson at the peak of his very formidable powers, and this recording is highly recommended for those who enjoy the modern mainstream big-band sound of now. ~ Michael G. Nastos
Gerald Wilson: Anthony Wilson (guitar); Antonio Hart, Steve Wilson (alto saxophone); Kamasi Washington, Ron Blake (tenor saxophone); Ronnie Cuber (baritone saxophone); Jimmy Owens, Jon Faddis, Sean Jones, Terell Stafford, Frank Greene (flugelhorn); Dennis Wilson , Jay Ashby, Luis Bonilla, Douglas Purviance (trombone); Renee Rosnes (piano); Todd Coolman, Peter Washington (bass guitar); Lewis Nash (drums); Gerald Wilson.
Additional personnel: Hubert Laws (flute).JazzTimes (p.105) - "He gives the suite unity by threading a little three-note fanfare from the diatonic scale throughout its seven different 'moods'." Gerald Wilson Monterey Moods Songs | 1. | Allegro - (Monterey Moods Suite) |
| 2. | Jazz Swing Waltz - (Monterey Moods Suite) |
| 3. | Ballad - (Monterey Moods Suite) |
| 4. | Latin Swing - (Monterey Moods Suite) |
| 5. | Blues - (Monterey Moods Suite) |
| 6. | Bass Solo - (Monterey Moods Suite) |
| 7. | Hard Swing - (Monterey Moods Suite) |
| 8. | I Concentrate on You |
| 9. | Mini Waltz, The |
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