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The Matt Wilson Quartet: That's Gonna Leave A Mark

Read "That's Gonna Leave A Mark" reviewed by George Kanzler


A drummer whose creativity, drive, dedication and infectious joy have garnered him high honors from fellow musicians and critics alike, Matt Wilson is also a perspicacious and activist bandleader. The Matt Wilson Quartet--alto and tenor saxophones doubling clarinets, bass and drums--is raucous, rambunctious and high energy. Among piano-less quartets, it's more in the tradition of Ornette ...

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The Matt Wilson Quartet: Humidity

Read "Humidity" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The bane of any reviewer: clearly well-played music that scarcely moves him an inch. I’m sorry, but I simply haven’t the mental capacity, musical acumen or whatever it takes to appreciate Humidity, drummer Matt Wilson's fifth album for Palmetto Records, even though Wilson and his companions are first-class players who are giving it everything they have. ...

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The Matt Wilson Quartet: Smile

Read "Smile" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Drummer Matt Wilson leads a piano–less quartet with two horns, but if you’re expecting the second coming of Mulligan / Baker, you can shelve that notion. Wilson’s group is no lame throwback to the ’50s; on the contrary, it is almost obsessively up–to–date, using sophisticated harmonies, shifting time signatures, unconventional sounds and eccentric improvisations to press ...


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