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May 29, 2016 · Matt Wilson is one of the most versatile and inventive jazz drummers on the scene, and Beginning of a Memory (on the Palmetto label) is, I think, his best album in his 20 years as a leader. It's a memorial album to his wife, Felicia, a violinist, who died two years ago of leukemia.
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Jun 10, 2016 · The story behind Matt Wilson’s latest release, Beginning of a Memory, begins long ago in a dorm at Wichita State University. Wilson had come to Wichita to study percussion and was soon...
Aug 1, 2016 · Matt Wilson’s Big Happy Family: Beginning of a Memory. By. Raul Da Gama. - Aug 1, 2016. 2444. 0. Matt Wilson is the proverbial musical chameleon.
May 27, 2023 · Both a joyous act of communion and a solemn farewell, Beginning of a Memory is a celebration of life, community and family expressed with the virtuosic wit and embracing humor that has made Matt Wilson so beloved in the jazz community as a drummer, composer and human being.
May 15, 2016 · This recording was Wilson's first since he lost his wife to leukemia in 2014. It certainly was fitting to perform the compositions she loved, and by the performers Felicia considered her extended family. Instead of a wake, the music is a celebration. One crafted in the true Wilson fashion, without written arrangements or rehearsals.
Mar 31, 2016 · Drummer/bandleader Matt Wilson collaborates with a handful of musicians on his latest release Beginning of a Memory from Palmetto Records. The band embraces emotions that oscillate between sheer exuberance and bittersweet loss through the alternating moods of the music.
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