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Matt Wilson: Humidity
by Riel Lazarus
When the Matt Wilson Quartet (MWQ) first formed in 1996, their goal was to establish a cohesive working unit that would eventually carve out a distinct musical identity. As many would readily attest, the MWQ have done just that - releasing a critically acclaimed CD (1999's Smile ), and establishing themselves as one of jazz music's ...
Matt Wilson Quartet: Humidity
by Jim Santella
Founded in 1996, the Matt Wilson Quartet took shape in order to explore new and interesting ways of expressing mainstream jazz. Without a piano or a guitar to provide obvious harmonic concepts, the band has to rely on its two saxophonists and bassist for overlaps that carry the mood. Consequently, the song list avoids too many ...
Lee Konitz & Matt Wilson: Gong With Wind Suite
by Derek Taylor
In the context of improvised music, few are as adept as Lee Konitz at flying under the critical radar. Based on his longevity alone the man should have a university jazz department named after him- never mind that said career has been marked by an almost uniform standard of excellence. From his early days with the ...
Matt Wilson Quartet: Humidity
by C. Michael Bailey
Drummer Matt Wilson’s Humidity is somewhat of a free affair. The recording is very much a drummer lead date, with angular, complex rhythms and harmonies, aggressive and assertive tempos, and pile and piles of smart composition. Wilson pays an obvious debt to the late Billy Higgins on the opener, which is essentially a trio between Wilson ...
Level Playing Field
Label: Metropolitan Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: So What Do You Mean? (For Taco); Mudan Red; Somewhere; Wash Me Clean; The Way After; I Got It Bad; A Lokey Groove; For Heaven's Sake; Level Playing Field
Mythos
By Mario Pavone
Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2002
Track listing: Diode; Dialect; Odeon; Sky Piece; Mythos; Crutch for the Crab; Dancers
Tales; Interlude; Isobars; Fablet; And Then We Wrote.
Ben Monder: Le Monde du Monder
by Phil DiPietro
With a fittingly well-documented career, boasting a range of stunning appearances on over 50 recordings, including 14 since the year 2000, Ben Monder has solidified his position as one of the finest players of his generation. A chordal and textural master, unafraid to thoroughly explore advanced harmonic concepts, Ben's appearance on a sideman date ...
Strange City
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Moments Magical; Enrapture; Delights; Blue Shout; Strange City; Karna Kangi; The Happenings; Change Of Season; Some Wandering Bushmen; Shuffle Montgomery.
