Nancy Wilson, “What Are You Doing New Year’s?” (1963): One Track Mind
The deeply underrated Nancy Wilson nails the sense of hopeful anxiety that surrounds Dec. 31 every year.
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Best of the Best: The Official™ Something Else! Top 10 for 2011
The Official™ SomethingElse! year-ending Top 10 list requires two or more of us to be in agreement as we gathered around the watercooler. It’s no easy task.
Nick DeRiso’s Top Albums for 2011: Mainstream and Modern Jazz
We saw our share of standout instrumentalists, from Julian Lage to Rudresh Mahanthappa to Pat Martino. But, as this lists attests, 2011 might rightly be called the Year of the Big Band. You May Also Like: Julian Lage – ‘Squint’ (2021)
The Gerald Wilson Orchestra – Monterey Moods (2007)
by Mark Saleski Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Sam Cooke, Sarah Vaughan, Bobby Darin, Nancy Wilson, Ray Charles. That’s the short list of artists that Gerald Wilson has been involved with You May Also Like: Cassandra Wilson’s slow-starting Loverly didn’t take her usual risks MattRead More
Gerald Wilson Orchestra – Legacy (2011)
The star of the show on Gerald Wilson’s brilliant ‘Legacy’ remains his adopted hometown of Chicago.
