Jazz Articles about Scott Wilkie

About Scott Wilkie

Album Review

Scott Wilkie: More Than You Know

by Dave Nathan
November 1, 2000

P>Smooth jazz, contemporary jazz, fusion or what I like to call it, the new beach music, Scott Wilkie's second album for Narada is another set of never getting to the point compositions. All of the songs on the play list were written and arranged by Wilkie and all sound the same. It seems these young players look and see how successful Kenny G and his followers are and feel that's the path they want to take. They certainly avoid playing ...

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Album Review

Scott Wilkie: Boundless

by Dave Hughes
August 1, 1999

Keyboardist Scott Wilkie has released a thoroughly enjoyable contempo outing on Narada Jazz. (Seems like all the labels that became identified primarily with the New Age movement in the 80s have now launched a xxx-Jazz sub-label - Windham Hill and Higher Octave also come to mind.) The CD contains a nice mix of up-tempo, energetic tunes such as the opener, "Sporty!" and the funky "Sailcats," alternating with mellower, more laid-back pleasures such as "Home Again" and "Rivertown" (the latter featuring ...