Jazz Articles about Tyler Wilcox

Tyler Wilcox: Works for Two Chapels

by Karl Ackermann
March 27, 2018

Brooklyn-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyler Wilcox authored the two extended pieces on Works for Two Chapels, playing only on the second. The Baltimore native works in a minimalistic style and has an affinity for performing in houses of worship, where the natural acoustics become a partner in his largely improvised compositions. On this recording, Wilcox utilizes two distinct spaces for the corresponding performances.“Octet (For Four Trombones and String Quartet)" follows a pattern across twenty minutes. For all the ...