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The Dave Wilson Quartet: My Time
by Michael P. Gladstone
Dave Wilson's debut album, Through The Time (2002), presented him as a post-Coltrane soprano and tenor saxophonist with a penchant for melody. On My Time, recorded with a Pennsylvania group, he retains bassisst Steve Meashey, adding pianist Matt Hockmiller and drummer Tony Deangelis.
Wilson opens the album with an unusual choice, Alec Wilder's “Moon and Sand," which he plays as a ballad on both soprano and tenor sax. The remaining ten selections include five originals, plus “Just Friends," ...
Continue ReadingDave Wilson Quartet: Through the Time
by Eric J. Iannelli
Through the Time is multi-instrumentalist Dave Wilson's first full-length recording. Although the ensemble bears his name, this is very much a collaborative effort--indeed, one reason why the songs all exceed eight minutes (the album itself is a hefty 72 minutes) is because each musician is given equal time and ample solo opportunities.
Wilson makes no secret of his debt to Coltrane, particularly evident when he takes up soprano sax, but he stays well away from any of Trane's radical departures. ...
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