Matt Wilson’s Arts and Crafts

The Scenic Route

2007-02-19

Trumpeter Terell Stanford steals the show in this interesting set from drummer and jazz arranger Matt Wilson. Loosely based on a “traveling theme,” the range from the experimental (#1) to the sublime (Monk’s “Feel the Sway” and Ornette Coleman’s “Rejoicing”) to the classic (“Tenderly” and the last cut which uses John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance” as a coda). I think the Coleman tune is the stand-out of the record. 02/07 MJVD

More reviews tagged #Jazz

  • reviewed 01/2008

    MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY ALL-STARS
    Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival

  • reviewed 06/2016

    Little Charlie And Organ Grinder Swing
    Skronky Tonk

  • reviewed 11/2012

    CLIFTON ANDERSON
    AND SO WE CARRY ON

  • reviewed 05/2009

    CLUTCHY HOPKINS (Meets Lord Kenjamin)
    Music is My Medicine

  • reviewed 02/2007

    NATE NAJAR TRIO
    I’m All Smiles

  • reviewed 02/2007

    STEFON HARRIS
    African Tarantella

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.