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Jul 14, 2013
Steve Wilson Confirms Village Vanguard for August 6-11, Intends to Establish Wilsonian’s Grain as His Working Quartet
Recent Interview in All About Jazz Shows That Wilson Considers Music Education in a State of Crisis
Jazz saxophonist Steve Wilson has confirmed his return to New York’s Village Vanguard for August 6-11. At the upcoming shows, Wilson intends to bring his quartet Wilsonian’s Grain (featuring Orrin Evans, Ugonna Okegwo and Bill Stewart) into the spotlight, using these concerts as a ‘launching point’ as he establishes the band as his current working quartet.
In January, the band played at the University of FL in Gainesville, it was this gig that cemented this idea for Wilson. “The band’s performance was exactly as I had envisioned for this quartet, employing the comprovisational element — improvisation and composition, i.e., the group’s spontaneous composition and improvisation elements. This enables the group to explore any of the tunes from different perspectives with every performance so that the music is in effect a sketch that we can paint a different image of with each performance. This is the band – Orrin, Ugonna and Bill – with whom I want to explore this territory.”
Wilson, one of the most most respected and acclaimed musicians in the business, recently spoke with ALL ABOUT JAZZ regarding what he perceives as a crisis in Music Education. Read the engaging article, here: www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=44834&pg=1#.Udw88zlblUQ
Here’s a new WBGO interview with Gary Walker:
www.wbgo.org/blog/saxophonist-steve-wilson-with-gary-walker
Wilson’s 12/12 visit to the Village Vanguard yielded a live concert broadcast on NPR, a full-page feature in the NY Daily News (written by Greg Thomas,) a stellar Time Out NY Photo Preview Pick, and more. Time Out NY praised: “Whether he’s the leader or a sideman in a given situation, seeing Steve Wilson’s name on a jazz bill is as close to a guarantee of quality as you’ll ever find.”
Jul 14, 2013
Steve Wilson Confirms Village Vanguard for August 6-11, Intends to Establish Wilsonian’s Grain as His Working Quartet
Recent Interview in All About Jazz Shows That Wilson Considers Music Education in a State of Crisis
Jazz saxophonist Steve Wilson has confirmed his return to New York’s Village Vanguard for August 6-11. At the upcoming shows, Wilson intends to bring his quartet Wilsonian’s Grain (featuring Orrin Evans, Ugonna Okegwo and Bill Stewart) into the spotlight, using these concerts as a ‘launching point’ as he establishes the band as his current working quartet.
In January, the band played at the University of FL in Gainesville, it was this gig that cemented this idea for Wilson. “The band’s performance was exactly as I had envisioned for this quartet, employing the comprovisational element — improvisation and composition, i.e., the group’s spontaneous composition and improvisation elements. This enables the group to explore any of the tunes from different perspectives with every performance so that the music is in effect a sketch that we can paint a different image of with each performance. This is the band – Orrin, Ugonna and Bill – with whom I want to explore this territory.”
Wilson, one of the most most respected and acclaimed musicians in the business, recently spoke with ALL ABOUT JAZZ regarding what he perceives as a crisis in Music Education. Read the engaging article, here: www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=44834&pg=1#.Udw88zlblUQ
Here’s a new WBGO interview with Gary Walker:
www.wbgo.org/blog/saxophonist-steve-wilson-with-gary-walker
Wilson’s 12/12 visit to the Village Vanguard yielded a live concert broadcast on NPR, a full-page feature in the NY Daily News (written by Greg Thomas,) a stellar Time Out NY Photo Preview Pick, and more. Time Out NY praised: “Whether he’s the leader or a sideman in a given situation, seeing Steve Wilson’s name on a jazz bill is as close to a guarantee of quality as you’ll ever find.”
