Steve Wilson prepares for multi-night tribute to Joe Zawinul at the Jazz Standard in NYC, December 17-20, 2009.
Wilson appeared on THE CW NETWORK/WGN TV yesterday--the live appearance aired on over 200 stations nationwide, including in Chicago, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and elsewhere.
Check out this terrific preview column from JAZZIZ.com.
In his NY TIMES preview column today, Nate Chinen praises Steve as an endlessly adaptable alto and soprano saxophonist, at home in myriad settings.":
STEVE WILSON ENSEMBLE (Thursday) Mr. Wilson is an endlessly adaptable alto and soprano saxophonist, at home in myriad settings. This one honors the keyboardist-composer Joe Zawinul, one of the architects of fusion, with a sharp young band that features Jeremy Pelt on trumpet, Danny Grissett on piano, Ugonna Okegwo on bass and (Lewis Nash -edit) on drums. (Through Dec. 20.) At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan , (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; cover, $25.
Wilson appeared on THE CW NETWORK/WGN TV yesterday--the live appearance aired on over 200 stations nationwide, including in Chicago, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and elsewhere.
Check out this terrific preview column from JAZZIZ.com.
In his NY TIMES preview column today, Nate Chinen praises Steve as an endlessly adaptable alto and soprano saxophonist, at home in myriad settings.":
STEVE WILSON ENSEMBLE (Thursday) Mr. Wilson is an endlessly adaptable alto and soprano saxophonist, at home in myriad settings. This one honors the keyboardist-composer Joe Zawinul, one of the architects of fusion, with a sharp young band that features Jeremy Pelt on trumpet, Danny Grissett on piano, Ugonna Okegwo on bass and (Lewis Nash -edit) on drums. (Through Dec. 20.) At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan , (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; cover, $25.
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