Jazz Articles about Immanuel Wilkins

About Immanuel Wilkins

Album Review

It has become more than an urban legend that Brooklyn's genius-in-residence Mary Halvorson is supernaturally up to something. Some new route around something else. On her second resiliency test of the year--her first, the fiery Bone Bells (Pyroclastic, 2025) alongside hot-house pianist Sylvie Courvoisier still rattles the playlist--Halvorson's About Ghosts tells of wide open spaces with a wide open lens. Its intricate inner architecture is so comfortably ethereal that you sway freely within its charm and frenzy. About ...

Live Review

Immanuel Wilkins Quartet at The Triple Door

by Paul Rauch
March 6, 2025

Immanuel Wilkins Quartet The Triple Door Seattle, WA February 28, 2025 Alto saxophonist/composer Immanuel Wilkins burst onto the scene in 2020 with his premier Blue Note release, Omega. Straight out of Juilliard in New York, Wilkins was part of a collective of musicians corralled out of the school by the esteemed label, much in the way labels used to cruise the Gotham jazz club scene with ears open, hoping to find the next big ...

Album Review

Micah Thomas: Mountains

Read "Mountains" reviewed by Stefano Merighi

by Stefano Merighi
February 10, 2025

La prima traccia di Mountains, “Life," potrebbe suggerire un equivoco di fondo: un bel disco di jazz elegante, sgargiante nei colori, brillante nell'alternanza tra incedere orchestrale e voci individuali. Ma invece è solo l'incipit di un'opera ad alto tasso dialettico, che offre talmente tante soluzioni da frastornare. Micah Thomas (28 anni, ricordiamolo) ha già tutta la storia del jazz--e non solo--sotto le sue dita. E' un altro tra i numerosi pianisti e pianiste in grado di sintetizzare ogni ...

Radio & Podcasts

Immanuel Wilkins, Mark Lockheart, Kenny Barron, Miguel Zenón & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 5, 2025

Enjoy a set that revolves around the beauty of ensemble work.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Mark Lockheart “Morning Smiles" Smiling (Edition) 0:16 Host talks 7:35 Kit Downes “Full Dress (Live)" Reflex: Dr. Snap (Live) (BimHuis) 9:12 Host talks 16:13 Immanuel Wilkins “AFTERLIFE RESIDENCE TIME" Blues Blood (Blue Note) 17:44 Kenny Barron “The Nearness of You" Beyond This Place (Artwork) 26:22 Host talks 32:51 Out Of/Into “Synchrony" Motion ...

Album Review

Out Of/Into: Motion I

Read "Motion I" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
December 1, 2024

Most supergroups happen and barely dent the dust. Despite those odds, one or two happen for a reason. That reason is Motion I by Out Of/Into. Formerly known as The Blue Note Quintet--pianist Gerald Clayton, alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, vibraphonist Joel Ross, drummer Kendrick Scott, and bassist Matt Brewer--hijack the lead track “Ofafrii" with a brazen romp of everything tuneful and tasty. Wilkins and Ross virtually ground the driving ethic while power-gliding above the whole enterprise. It is a hellion ride, considering ...

Radio & Podcasts

Immanuel Wilkins, Carn Davidson 9, Joe Fonda and More

by Hobart Taylor
October 23, 2024

This show features new music from saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, Canada's Carn Davidson 9, Joe Fonda's tribute to Wadada Leo Smith featuring Smith and Satoko Fujii. Playlist Immanuel Wilkins “Afterlife Residence Time" from Blues Blood (Blue Note) 0:00 Carn Davidson 9 “Wonderment (For C.J.)" from Reverence (Self Produced) 8:39 Christine Jensen “Day Moon" Day Moon (Justin Time) 17:08 Host Speaks 25:49 Joe Fonda Wadada Leo Smith “Bright Light Opus #5" Eyes on the Horizon (Long Song) 27:14 Eva Novoa ...

Live Review

Immanuel Wilkins At Bordeaux Jazz à Descas

by Artur Moral
October 17, 2024

Immanuel Wilkins QuartetChâteau Théâtre Descas Jazz À Descas Bordeaux, France October 7, 2024 It's easy to find an excuse to visit Bordeaux, the capital of the French department of Gironde. In addition to the world-famous wines made in its legendary terroirs the region has many geographical, historical and cultural attractions. And if one of them, the Jazz And Wine Bordeaux, offers, as part of a cycle called Jazz à Descas, a performance by ...