Detroit (Gerald Wilson album)

Detroit is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 2009 and released on the Mack Avenue label.[1]

Detroit
Studio album by
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2009
Recorded2009
New York and Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length62:47
LabelMack Avenue
MAC 1049
ProducerAl Pryor
Gerald Wilson chronology
Monterey Moods
(2007)		 Detroit
(2009)		 Legacy
(2011)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
All About Jazz[3]

AllMusic rated the album with 4 stars; in his review, Michael G. Nastos noted: "A quite spirited and energetic music is heard here from the 90-year-old Wilson, whose charm and wit would rival anyone many decades his junior. It's a swinging affair molded in the traditional big-band visage of Count Basie, Ernie Wilkins, or early Quincy Jones, with Wilson's deft touch for embellishing the blues".[2] In JazzTimes Owen Cordle wrote: "Wilson’s chord progressions, chord voicings and rhythmic figures for the ensemble are strong characteristics of his writing. He also has a flair for atmospheric themes. One could quibble about the combo-esque strings of solos and the scarcity of ensemble interludes. Nevertheless, his writing style continues to serve him well".[4] On All About Jazz Robert J. Robbins noted: "Gerald Wilson's six-movement "Detroit Suite" demonstrates that after nearly seven decades in the music business, the nonagenarian composer and arranger still has a great deal to offer in terms of musical creativity".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Gerald Wilson.

  1. "Blues on Belle Isle" - 5:30
  2. "Cass Tech" - 8:47
  3. "Detroit" - 6:40
  4. "Miss Gretchen" - 7:07
  5. "Before Motown" - 7:12
  6. "The Detroit River" - 8:47
  7. "Everywhere" - 12:32
  8. "Aram" - 6:12

Personnel

References
  1. Mack Avenue catalog, accessed August 26, 2016
  2. Nastos, Michael G.. Detroit – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  3. Robbins, R. J. All About Jazz Review, November 28, 2009
  4. Cordle, O. JazzTimes review November 2009
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