Review of Cassandra Wilson: Another Country

Cassandra Wilson: Another Country

Cassandra Wilson | Fabrizio Sotti | Julien Labro | Lekan Bablola | Mino Cinelu | Nicola Sorato

eOne

Rating: ★★★★

This, remarkably, is album number 18 from the Jackson, Mississippi vocalist. And despite having paved the way for a whole...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2012

Review of Cassandra Wilson: Coming Forth by Day

Cassandra Wilson: Coming Forth by Day

Cassandra Wilson | Joe Cowherd | Kevin Breit | Martyn P Casey | Nick Zinner | T Bone Burnett | Thomas Wydler

Columbia Legacy

Rating: ★★★★

Just as Wilson's move to Blue Note records from JMT in 1993 saw her reinvent herself under the aegis of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2015

Review of Album Interview: Alex Wilson Trio: Trio

Album Interview: Alex Wilson Trio: Trio

Alex Wilson | Davide Mantovani | Frank Tontoh | Tristan Banks

Alex Wilson Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is the ninth album from British composer/arranger/pianist Alex Wilson but only his first trio set – and it's an...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2013

Review of Helen Anahita Wilson: Bhooma

Helen Anahita Wilson: Bhooma

Helen Anahita Wilson

Golden Girl

Rating: ★★★

Pianist Wilson’s adopted moniker Anahita is the name of a Persian water goddess, associated with flowing creativity. On the strength...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2019

Review of Phillip Wilson: Esoteric

Phillip Wilson: Esoteric

Olu Dara | Phillip Wilson

Corbett vs Dempsey

Rating: ★★★★

This record, originally issued on the Hat Hut imprint in 1979, finds former Art Ensemble of Chicago drummer Phillip Wilson...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: August/2016

Review of Matt Wilson Quartet: Gathering Call

Matt Wilson Quartet: Gathering Call

Chris Lightcap | Jeff Lederer | John Medeski | Kirk Knuffke | Matt Wilson

Palmetto

Rating: ★★★★

Wilson met Medeski on his first night out, after moving to Boston in 1987, the pair subsequently working together in...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2014

Review of Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson: Diwan

Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson: Diwan

Helen Anahita Wilson | Shahbaz Hussain

Golden Girl Records (CD)

Rating: ★★★★

Inspired, often off-the-cuff stuff from two musicians whose pairing, unlikely on paper, makes perfect sense on a debut that deftly...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2019

Review of Wynton Marsalis: The Spiritual Side Of Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis: The Spiritual Side Of Wynton Marsalis

Cassandra Wilson | Cynthia Hardy | Marion Williams | Shirley Caesar | Smith Singers | Wynton Marsalis

Columbia

Rating: ★★★

If the accusatory shouts of ‘jazz conservative’ have drowned out Marsalis' achievements as a classical composer then his feats in...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2014

Review of Teddy Wilson Trio: Revisits the Goodman Years

Teddy Wilson Trio: Revisits the Goodman Years

Ed Thigpen | Jesper Lundgaard | Teddy Wilson

Storyville

Rating: ★★★★

The then 68-year old Wilson was in Copenhagen in 1980 in what was for him a busy year, this also...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2020

Review of Dan Wilson: Vessels of Wood and Earth

Dan Wilson: Vessels of Wood and Earth

Dan Wilson

Brother Mister/Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

On much of this album there's a fine live feeling in the studio. ‘The Reconstruction’, has some burning solos from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2021

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