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Back In The Mix

Label: Polyglot Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: Back In The Mix; Hand In Hand; Tenderly; Here; Just Happy; Lament; Falling In Love With Love; Kenai; After All Is Said And Done

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Dan Wilensky Quartet - Kenai

Featuring the music of Dan Wilensky
Duration: 5:35

Dan Wilensky Quartet: Dan Wilensky: tenor sax; Mark Soskin: piano; Dean Johnson: bass: & Tony Moreno: drums. From the "Back In The Mix" CD (2012).
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Article: Album Review

Dan Wilensky: Back In The Mix

Read "Back In The Mix" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Thirteen years separated the release of tenor saxophonist Dan Wilensky's first two albums-- And Then Some (Speechless, 1997) and If You Only Knew (Speechless, 2010)--but the saxophonist wasn't sitting around idly during that stretch of time. Wilensky's work as a session player, touring musician, author, and educator kept him beyond busy, yet his own music suffered ...

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News: Recording

New Dan Wilensky Quartet Record: "Back In The Mix"

New Dan Wilensky Quartet Record: "Back In The Mix"

Dan Wilensky's Back In The Mix features Mark Soskin (piano), Dean Johnson (bass), Tony Moreno (drums), and special guest Russ Johnson (trumpet) in a musical tour de force. Wilensky's 4th recording as a leader includes new arrangements of Cole Porter's “Falling In Love With Love," Gross and Lawrence's “Tenderly," “Lament" by the great J.J. Johnson, and ...

Album

Group Therapy

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Track listing: Reckless Tongue; Real Time; Exotikiss; Certain Nights; Smile; Perpetual Blues; Neurology; 21st Century Blues; Downtown; Group Therapy.

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Article: Album Review

Dan Wilensky: Group Therapy

Read "Group Therapy" reviewed by Charles Walker


Tenor saxophonist Dan Wilensky possesses a warm, accessible tone on his instrument, and at first glance Group Therapy seems tailor-made to feature this broad, bluesy sound on ten straightforward compositions. However, less than two minutes into “Reckless Tongue," the album opener, the syrupy head breaks down into a standstill of rests and whole notes before sliding ...

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Article: Album Review

Dan Wilensky: Group Therapy

Read "Group Therapy" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Group therapy involves a collection of individuals coming together to work things out and sort through their thoughts in the same room. The same can be said for saxophonist Dan Wilensky's Group Therapy. Wilensky's wide-ranging career has involved everything from street playing and studio sessions to Broadway and a stint in Ray Charles' band. All of ...

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News: Recording

Dan Wilensky releases "Group Therapy"

Dan Wilensky releases "Group Therapy"

Dan Wilensky's new CD, Group Therapy, features saxophonist Dan Wilensky, guitarist David Phelps, bassist Dean Johnson, and drummer Tony Moreno. It was recorded March 21, 2011 at Charlestown Road Studios in Hampton, New Jersey by Paul Wickcliffe. The CD includes 8 original compositions, a new take on Charlie Chaplin's “Smile," and a reconstruction of the pop ...

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Dan Wilensky: To Whom Much is Given...

Read "Dan Wilensky: To Whom Much is Given..." reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Tenor saxophonist Dan Wilensky is a Renaissance Man and an educator, both facets of his character evidenced in his musicians' guide, Musician!, and the album If You Only Knew. What Wilensky provides over these two offerings is a masterclass in tasteful and well-behaved musicianship in the real world. No booze- swilling or reefer madness here, only ...

Album

If You Only Knew

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2010
Track listing: Tea For Two; Needs and Wants; If You Only Knew; Peace; Train Windows; In Our Time; Jazzapalooza; Reasons; Saxafras; Lucky 13; All In All


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