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News: Performance / Tour

Matt Wilson and Arts and Crafts to Present Free Performance and Clinic on Thursday, March 22 at Saxquest

March 21, 2012

Drummer Matt Wilson (pictured) and his band Arts & Crafts will present a free performance and clinic starting at 6:00 p.m. this Thursday, March 22 at Saxquest, 2114 Cherokee St. Wilson and the band, which includes trumpeter Terell Stafford, keyboard player Gary Versace and bassist Martin Wind, are in St. Louis this week to do an ...

News: Interview

Drummer Matt Wilson Interviewed at All About Jazz...And More!

February 13, 2012

Drummer Matt Wilson must surely be in the running for the title of hardest-working man in jazz. Wilson is a composer, bandleader, producer and teacher. As a leader, his projects include the Matt Wilson Quartet, Arts & Crafts, Christmas Tree-O and the Carl Sandburg Project. He has been in bands with luminaries such as Joe Lovano, ...

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Article: Interview

Matt Wilson: Have Drums, Will Travel

by Lawrence Peryer
February 13, 2012

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Article: Album Review

Matt Wilson's Arts And Crafts: An Attitude For Gratitude

Read "An Attitude For Gratitude" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 13, 2012

Drummer Matt Wilson may be the supreme human confluence of technique, swing, spirit, humor and musicality. Over the past 20 years, Wilson has proven to be one of a select few that can balance an inside/outside aesthetic, often within a single piece of music. He has helped shape the music of Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Either/Orchestra, ...

Article: Album Review

Trio M: The Guest House

Read "The Guest House" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
February 13, 2012

Historically, the most revered jazz piano trios tend to erase the distinction between leader and accompanist; empathetic listening skills and quicksilver responsiveness enable adroit performers to spontaneously shape the melodic, harmonic and rhythmic contours of the music in democratic fashion. The esteemed Trio M, whose personnel boasts pianist Myra Melford, bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Matt ...

Song of the Day

No Outerwear

February 13, 2012

Album: An Attitude For Gratitude
By Matt Wilson
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2012
Duration: 6:10

News: Performance / Tour

UC Berkeley Announces JIM Fund Benefit Concert

February 1, 2012

FUNDRAISING CONCERT FOR UC BERKELEY JAZZ AND IMPROVISED MUSIC FUND The Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley presents a special fundraising concert for the Jazz and Improvised Music Fund (JIM) on Saturday, April 10, 8:00pm at Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA. Famed improvisers Art Lande (Pianist/Drummer) and Paul McCandless (Saxophonist/Multi-Instrumentalist) will perform a program ...

News: Recording

Jazz at Lincoln Center to Release "WeBop"

February 1, 2012

Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) will release WeBop: A Family Jazz Party, a CD featuring kid-tested and approved music on Tuesday, February 28, 2012. The recording brings the very best of JALC's WeBop classes in NYC home to families worldwide. Critically-acclaimed drummer and music director Matt Wilson leads an intergenerational band of celebrated jazz musicians, including ...

Article: Album Review

Amy Cervini: Digging Me Digging You

Read "Digging Me Digging You" reviewed by William Carey

by William Carey
January 20, 2012

It's funny hearing such signature Blossom Dearie songs as “Dear John" and the Schoolhouse Rock classic “Figure Eight" without that oh-so-identifiable voice and delivery. Funny, but Amy Cervini is a talented enough vocalist that it isn't the slightest bit distracting to not have that adorably individual style and delivery that is unmistakably Blossom Dearie.

Article: Live Review

NYC Winter Jazzfest, Day 2: January 7, 2012

by Daniel Lehner
January 19, 2012

Day 1 | Day 22012 NYC Winter Jazzfest, Day 2New York, NYJanuary 7, 2012 Gregoire Maret The harmonica, like the accordion and other free reed aerophones, doesn't come with as much built-in room for expression as other wind instruments, which is what makes Gregoire Maret's playing so unique. For ...