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Will Vinson: Planted and Growing in New York
R.J. DeLuke
R.J. DeLuke is an indefatigable jazz fan and arbiter elegantiarum who aspires to ultimate hipness; also an upstate NY freelance writer for various media."There are other great musicians around the world. But if you've been in New York for a while and you go to other scenes, even if they do have something of their own to offer that's very strong, you realize just how great New York is. Just because of the basic bar that is set. Everybody that you see playing anywhere is more or less world class. Then it just goes on from there. There's no better motivator than the knowledge that there's all these other people within a few miles (in New York)—hundreds of people that are dedicated to the music and working on something new all the time—and that if I call them I can play with them. I'm inspired by the other people that are trying to do what I'm trying to do. For me, that's all it takes."
Selected Discography
Will Vinson, Stockholm Syndrome (Criss Cross, 2010)
Will Vinson, The World Through My Shoes (Nineteen Eight Records, 2010)
Will Vinson, Promises (Nineteen Eight Records, 2009)
Ari Hoenig, Inversations (Dreyfus, 2007)
Jonathan Kreisberg, The South of Everywhere (Mel Bay Records, 2007)
Will Vinson, It's For You (Sirocco Music Limited, 2004)
Photo Credits
Page 1: Kay-Christian Heine
Page 2: Alexandros Lambrovassilis, Courtesy of Will Vinson
Page 3: Emmanuelle Vial, Courtesy of Will Vinson
Page 4: José Antonio Aguilar, Courtesy of Will Vinson
Page 5: Henrietta Butler, Courtesy of Getty Images
