Rolling Jazz Thread 2022

man yall just heard the following Jazz Night In America excursion for the third time this weekend: Matt Wilson and friends transforming some xmas songs that sorely needed it, and I think it works, even on Lennon's Happy Christmas (War Is Over)"(I think--the little bit of soft singing at the end tipped the scales). Saying that as someone who worked many an xmas at a CD store, and heard every approach to this stuff:

Musicians:

Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O

Matt Wilson, drums; Jeff Lederer, reeds; Ted Rosenthal, piano; Paul Sikivie, bass

Set List:

Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard, Richard Bernhard Smith)
Christmas Don't Be Late (Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.)
Up on the Rooftop (Benjamin Hanby)
Silver Bells (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
8 Little Candles (flory Jagoda)
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon)
Wonderful Christmastime (Paul McCartney)
I'll Be Home for Christmas (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent)

Oh. That reminds me that I think Matt Wilson is playing Birdland tomorrow as part of a Tadd Dameron tribute I want to see.

In the theater downstairs, not the larger room.

xxxpost taking the scenic route: something like a Rashaan Roland Kirk treeship.

Think Matt Wilson may be touring on the Xmas thing.

Or so he told me a little while ago.

At the Birdland Theater.

This 19 year-old college student on vocals is amazing. Kind of a star is born thing, although maybe somebody else already knows who she is.

https://www.anaisreno.com/

That Matt Wilson xmas set is fantastic. Love him and almost forgot how musical and fun his groups are. I was going to say they should put this out as a record but I see they did a studio version of it in 2010.