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THE REVIEWS HAVE STARTED COMING IN! CHECK OUT WHAT THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER HAS TO SAY! -SUNDAY, FEB. 26TH, 2006 http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/entertainment/13951849.htm. Dave Wilson My Time (Dreambox Media ***) Lancaster, Pa.-based saxophonist Dave Wilson can change your mind about the hipness of Amish country. Wilson, 50, who studied with saxophone biggie Joe Lovano and gigs around in the Dixieland band Canal Street Hot 6 and the more modern Crazeology, is a threat throughout the woodwind family. It's cool to hear him throw some free-jazz squeals into a happening mainstream vibe with pianist Matt Hochmiller, bassist Steve Meashey, and drummer Tony Deangelis. Wilson is a fluid player who gets around the horn - mostly soprano and tenor - and blends in wherever he lands. Much of this set, like the Wilson original "Funtime," is easy to take in, though "Apocalyptic Blues," with the "Maiden Voyage"-like piano accompaniment, can get more involved. Wilson's blaring tenor in "Blues on Parade" projects a persuasive, lounge-lizard feel, while Wilson's arrangement of "Summertime" squeezes some new moves from an overworked chestnut. -K.S. Karl Stark BIO: Dave Wilson was born (Aug. 22,1955) and raised in Bronxville, NY. He has been living in the Lancaster, Pa area since 1983, and resides there with his wife, Lisa and two cats. Dave is versatile on all woodwinds with a specialization on the saxophone, in particular the tenor and soprano saxes. He leads his own Jazz (Dave Wilson Group/Crazeology) and Dixieland music groups (Canal Street Hot 6), and as well freelances with both big bands and small groups in the area. A highlight of his career has been the fall 2002 release of the first CD under his own name, titled “Through The Timeâ€, featuring himself on Tenor and soprano saxophones; Kirk Reese on Piano; Steve Meashey on Bass; and Jeff Stabley on Drums. It was picked up by Dreamscape Records (Dreamscaperecordsltd.com), and received significent airplay on WRTI-FM in Philadelphia, as well as over 25 jazz stations nationwide! A new CD by the Dave Wilson Quartet titled “My Time†has just been released this fall (oct 2005), on Dreambox Media out of Philadelphia. It is available now, as we speak, by either contacting Dave or going on the Dreambox Media web site (www.dreamboxmedia.com). The new album is also now receiving significent airplay on WRTI-FM in Philadelphia. Dave was for a long time a member of the Dave Stahl Sacred Orchestra (Dave Stahl is one of the leading Jazz trumpet artists in the nation. The DSSO has 2 CD’s out on their own, both of which he performed on), as well as Dave Stahl Big Band, with whom he has played with such Jazz luminaries as Tom Harrell, Lou Soloff, Steve Marcus, John Fedchock, Conrad Herwig, Steve Smith, John Riley, among others. Dave has studied with the great saxophonists Joe Lovano, Bill Barron, Tom Stroman, as well as Steve Giordano and Kirk Reese. Dave loves playing jazz music and loves keeping busy playing the music he loves. Some of the different concert venues, (mainly in south central Pa.), Dave has played at over the years, with either his jazz or Dixieland groups, include (listed below): Long’s Park Sunday series, Long’s Park Arts and Crafts festival Lancaster Summer Arts Festival, Lancaster Street Fair, Lancaster Jazz Fest, First Night Lancaster First Night York York’s Street Fair, York Riverwalk, York Cherry Lane Concert series York’s Valencia Ballroom, Springettsbury Township (York) music series Bethlehem Musikfest Coleman Park (Lebanon) Sunday series Harrisburg (July 4th) American Music Festival, Harrisburg Kapona festival New Holland Arts Festival Mount Joy Summer Sunday series Donegal Springs Township series Elizabethtown Sunday series Twin Brook Winery Naylor Winery Nissly Vineyard People’s Choice Dixieland Music Festival (State College) Tri State Jazz Society (Philadelphia, New Jersey) Baltimore’s Camden Yards (Baltimore Oriole’s) Dave received a BA in Philosophy from Wesleyan University in Connecticut as well as a BS in Music Education from Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa. He studied classical saxophone with David Bilger for 3 years, and also had some lessons with Joe Lovano and Bill Barron among others. Dave has an active private teaching practice giving instruction on levels on Saxophone, Clarinet, and Flute. Dave has been teaching privately on a very much full time basis for some 16 years, with a specialization on the saxophone and jazz studies. He also has an active business buying and selling woodwind and brass instruments, both student and professional, and welcomes all inquiries about this. If you are thinking about buying or selling a saxophone, clarinet, flute, piccolo, oboe, trumpet, trombone, or some miscellaneous woodwind or brass musical instrument don't hesitate to get in touch with Dave at Dave Wilson's Musical instruments in Lancaster, Pa. For all information, including booking and CD purchase information, Dave Wilson can be contacted via email at djazwilson@aol.com. Also go to the web site at Davewilsonmusic.org, featuring all information on Dave Wilson's musical performance activity as well as Dave Wilson's Musical Instruments buying and selling business. Hope to hear from you soon! Dave Wilson Dave Wilson Music 717-581-0153 (H) 717-475-7168 (cell) djazwilson@aol.com Davewilsonmusic.org PRESS RELEASE FOR "MY TIME": We are pleased to announce the release of a new CD on Dreambox Media by the Dave Wilson Quartet titled “My Timeâ€. The recording features Dave Wilson on Tenor and Soprano Saxophone; Matt Hochmiller-Piano; Steve Meashey-Acoustic Bass; and Tony DeAngelis-Drums. Dreambox Media, headed by noted Philadelphia drummer Jim Miller, is a solely jazz record label that features largely Delaware Valley artists. John Blake, Larry McKenna, Jim Ridl, Bootsie Barnes, Dennis Diblasio, Duane Eubanks and Jim Miller as well as Central Pennsylvania’s own Joe Hunt are just some of the artists featured on this label. We are proud to be associated with Dreambox! “My Time†is a follow-up to the recording “Through The Time†that was released on Dreamscape Records three years ago, and which has received airplay on some 30 stations across the US (It was ranked #5 in Dallas at one point last winter!), and was reviewed favorably by both the internet publication “All About Jazz†the Jazz Society of Oregon. It features 5 original tunes, all written by Dave Wilson, all in distinctive jazz idioms, along with 5 covers. The covers include unique treatments of Gershwin’s “Summertimeâ€, Alec Wilder’s “Moon And Sandâ€, Kenny Wheeler’s “Smatterâ€, Bill Evan’s “Time Rememberedâ€, along with “Just Friendsâ€. It was recorded and mastered by Glenn Ferracone at the Music Centre in Exton, Pa over the spring and summer of this year. REVIEWS (Previous CD, "Through The Time" released in 2003 on the Dreamscaperecords label, and available on CD Baby. Reviews of the "My Time" will be forthcoming.) From the "Jazz society of Oregon" March 2005 "Through The Time", By the Dave Wilson Quartet; Dave Wilson, tenor and soprano saxophones. "Dave Wilson brings a sometimes Sonny Rollins-sometimes Warne Marsh sound to his tenor sax explorations. On soprano, he brings hope to a world assaulted and insulted by Kenny Somebody. Wilson wends his way through four originals of varying tempos plus sturdy takes on "Blue In Green," "Dindi," "All The Things You Are" and "Days Of Wine and Roses." His rhythm section, featuring Kirk Reese, piano, is solidly in his corner all the way. For more information, see djazwilson@aol.com. Dreamscape Records, 2002; Playing Time: 60:49, ***1/2" ALL ABOUT JAZZ, Through the Time Dave Wilson Quartet | Dreamscape Records By E.J. Iannelli Through the Time is multi-instrumentalist Dave Wilson's first full-length recording. Although the ensemble bears his name, this is very much a collaborative effort...quot;indeed, one reason why the songs all exceed eight minutes (the album itself is a hefty 72 minutes) is because each musician is given equal time and ample solo opportunities. Wilson makes no secret of his debt to Coltrane, particularly evident when he takes up soprano sax, but he stays well away from any of Trane's radical departures. The album's overall style falls into the realm of smooth contemporary with a traditional bent; patent enthusiasm notwithstanding (the quartet's shouts of encouragement to one another pepper the entire session), Through the Time is polite and well behaved. In this respect it suffers a bit from Wilson's own opening title track. The spicy Slide Hampton chart “Day in Vienna,†which follows, might have been a more rousing choice. Steve Meashey's bass solo twists this tune's Latin flair into a funky rumble. The five standards are just that...quot;standard. While Wilson and his bandmates offer intelligent and certainly heartfelt renditions of Miles Davis' ballad “Blue in Green†and Antonio Carlos Jobim's longing â€Dindi,†the straightforward treatment doesn't inject anything especially new or interpretational into the compositions. The liner notes mention the ominous coda to “Blue in Green†as an “ode to the new age†but it might have been more interesting to hear how the song developed using the same coda as the starting point. Henry Mancini's “Days of Wine and Roses,†what Wilson describes as a “running ballad,†in fact runs (or saunters) slightly too long. “Untitled Modal Tune†is Wilson's strongest original chart: a swift, bop-like, swinging number with a simple but effective solo by drummer Jeff Stabley. Wilson's â€Bluesio†begins and progresses briskly enough, but the wind-down ending seems awkward and flaccid. For that reason it also doesn't work in the larger sense as the album closer. There is no faulting the performances, as they're capable and assured throughout. The quartet is tightly integrated, with “Untitled Modal Tune†providing some of the clearest examples of how well Meashey is able to follow and anticipate Reese and Wilson no matter where they happen to go. Agreeable, if not a bit too prettified at times, there is unfortunately very little to distinguish Through the Time from many other jazz discs in the same genre. That caveat aside, it's supremely heartening to know that, in these dark days of the major label cartel, an independent gigging musician like Wilson can find the necessary support to head into the studio accompanied by friends and likeminded musicians and cut a record to such a respectable standard. Check out the artist's website: http://davewilsonmusic.org/ Track List: 1. Moon and Sand 2. Just Friends 3. Summertime 4. Rockin’ Tonight 5. Smatter 6. Time Remembered 7. Funtime 8. Song For Lisa 9. Apocalyptic Blues 10. Blues On Parade 11. 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