Out of Detroit's wealth of musicians emerges Randal "Velvet" Wilson, Guitarist/ Producer/ Songwriter and Voice Actor. Randal divides his time performing, recording, touring, and serving as Musical Director for many local and national recording artists. Randal has had the pleasure of recording with Michael Powell, Partners in Praise, Guy Ensley, Al Turner, Gayelynn McKinney, Inohs Sivad, David Ivey, Ernest Lee & The Spirit of David, Straight Gate's "Faith in The House", LaShell Griffin, L Renee, Phoenix, Zanye', Word of Faith, The Street Jazz Cartel and many others. He has also been blessed to share the stage and perform with Earth, Wind & Fire, Brian McKnight, Babyface, Musiq Soulchild, George Benson, Layla Hathaway, Ledisi, Joe Sample, CeCe Winans, Amp Fiddler, Natalie Cole, Jeffrey Osborne, Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Richard Elliot, Mindi Abair, The Dramatics, The Commodores, Michael Franks, Kem, Ruben Studdard, Fred Hammond, Impromp2, Angela Winbush, T.D. Jakes, Lenny White, Thornetta Davis, Karen Clark-Sheard, Marion Meadows, Donnie McKlurkin, K Jon, Vickie Winans, Ralph Armstrong, Dettrick Haddon, Dorothy Norwood, Olie Woodson, Dorinda Clark- Cole, Partners in Praise, Port of Call, Steven Ford and Twinkie Clark to name a few. Having studied with some of his Guitar Heroes like Pat Metheny, John Abercrombie, Larry Coryell and Ron English has helped him to develop personally and professionally as a master guitarist. "My musical goals are simple. I want to compose, record and perform music that will be enjoyed and analyzed long after I'm gone."
Awards
Guiness Book of World Records (I performed in The World's Longest Live Concert)
Your album "A Promise to Myself' was very well received and heard by listeners in
quite a few countries, it's an amazing album!
Thank you for sending it to me and of course I will continue to play tracks every
week. Don't forget if you have anything new you wish for me to play please send
it!
Frank Toohey
Krystal Radio .Net
Zeitgeist News Forum. ->Reviews-Scotland
Randal V. Wilson - "Time Well Spent" Now this was a delight. Smooth, guitar
based jazz with a strong sense of spirituality and well being running through it,
this was a delight from start to finish.
An all too brief mini album, the six tracks come and go in less than 25 minutes,
but when the music is as well honed as it is here, you're happy to turn around
and play it all over again. The pleasure is just as pronounced on repeated
listenings as it was the first time around.
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Your album "A Promise to Myself' was very well received and heard by listeners in
quite a few countries, it's an amazing album!
Thank you for sending it to me and of course I will continue to play tracks every
week. Don't forget if you have anything new you wish for me to play please send
it!
Frank Toohey
Krystal Radio .Net
Zeitgeist News Forum. ->Reviews-Scotland
Randal V. Wilson - "Time Well Spent" Now this was a delight. Smooth, guitar
based jazz with a strong sense of spirituality and well being running through it,
this was a delight from start to finish.
An all too brief mini album, the six tracks come and go in less than 25 minutes,
but when the music is as well honed as it is here, you're happy to turn around
and play it all over again. The pleasure is just as pronounced on repeated
listenings as it was the first time around.
Primarily self penned and predominately instrumental, Mr Wilson knows his way
around a fretboard, and there is a delicacy of touch on display which is utterly
delicious. The highlight, though, is the one song which features the vocals of
Stuart Scaggs, 'No Secrets (In The Heart)', which is just a fabulous, fabulous song,
easy without being lazy.
Certainly a name to watch out for. This was a rare treat!
RANDAL V.WILSON : Time Well Spent / Belgium
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Les choix de Backstage Radio News...
Sur 'Time Well Spent', Randal voit se dissoudre ses doutes et questions
existentielles dans les grooves de guitares jazzy. Notre homme part ici à la
recherche de la délivrance au travers de plages musicales jazzy et bien
chaloupées. On notera une apparition remarquée du claviériste Mark Willis et du
chanteur Stuart Scaggs.
Translation: Randal sees how to dissolve doubts and existential questions in the
grooves of jazzy guitars. Our man leaves here to research the delivery through
jazz music and quiet swaying beaches. One will notice an appearance of the
clavierist Mark Willis and the singer Stuart Scaggs.
Backstage Radio News's http://home.scarlet.be/~tsg70552/backstage/review-
rnb-soul-jazz.html
Randal V. Wilson - Time Well Spent The debut release by this hard working
Detroit guitarist is ear candy at its finest. Known mostly as a backing musician,
Wilson moves to the front here with a nice mix of traditional and smooth jazz
along with R&B grooves, sounding in part like a great Larry Coryell disc. The six
cuts are uniformly strong, and the guest vocal by Stuart Scaggs gives the
excellent "No Secrets" a country feel that works well with Wilson's strong guitar
work. Recommended. review from Soul Tracks http://www.soultracks.com/
Thank you so much for sending Randal's CD "Time Well Spent." Really great work.
Everytime I'm looking for new, quality material in the Smooth Jazz, Soul and
Latin scene it's a pleasure to support names outside of the "Big Label Business."
Thanks again
Harry/Smoothvibes
http://www.smoothvibes.com/
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