Jazz Articles about William Mason

Will Mason Ensemble: Beams of the Huge Night

by Karl Ackermann
December 6, 2015

New York City resident Will Mason, while pursuing a Ph.D. in music at Columbia University, took the time to submerge himself in the most Spartan and remote conditions of his native Maine for the inspirations of nature that become manifest in Beams of the Huge Night. The drummer and composer assembled an unusually populated septet to give life to a generous sixty-six minutes of sound and music, capturing the volatility and tranquility of true seclusion. Mason, who also ...