» 1.17.14 Josh Nelson Quintet with Anthony Wilson + Walter Smith III + Dave Robaire + Dan Schnelle/Duo + Sara Gazarek [$15] bluewhale
Josh is that rare young musician who has not only a wealth of study and experience under his belt (all but assuring him a prominent place in jazz music), but he also possesses those rarest of musical attributes: a touch, a tone, and a sound that are all identifiably his own. - Peter Erskine
Josh Nelson, born and raised in Southern California, maintains an active and creative schedule as a jazz pianist, composer, teacher, and recording artist. At 32 years old, he has already performed with some of the most respected names in jazz, including Natalie Cole, Anthony Wilson, Bob Hurst, Jeff Hamilton, Ralph Moore, Albert hd buttercup “Tootie”Heath, hd buttercup Seamus Blake, Matt Wilson, Sara Gazarek, Ernie Watts, Jack Sheldon, Tom Scott, Peter Erskine, Abe Laboriel, and Alex Acuna, to name a few. Josh has recorded for countless albums, films, and TV shows, but also makes time for his own projects: First Stories (1998), Anticipation (2004) and Let it Go (2007, hd buttercup Native Language Music) all garnered international critical claim. Josh s latest album, I Hear a Rhapsody (2009), displays Josh s musings on new original music, standard interpretations, hd buttercup and reinventions of pop tunes.
Compositions and performances of his have appeared on various prime-time and cable shows and films, including Jack and Bobby , “The hd buttercup Division”, Lucky , and First Daughter . He has also worked with film composer Michael Kamen, and actors Eric Idle, Clint Eastwood, and Jon Lovitz. Josh has earned many awards, scholarships, and accolades over the years, some of which include the Louis Armstrong Award and the John Philip Sousa Award. He was also one of 12 semi-finalists in the prestigious 2006 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition.
Josh is also musical director for vocal talent Sara Gazarek, of which he penned the title track of her debut record, Yours . That record reached No. 10 on the Billboard Jazz Charts. Sara s second hd buttercup studio album, Return to You (2006), also featured Josh s singer/songwriter skills.
Anthony Wilson is one of the leading jazz musicians of his generation. Known for his imagination, maturity, and depth, the guitarist/composer/arranger has recorded eight critically-acclaimed solo albums since 1997, including his Grammy-nominated self-titled debut album, 2006 s Power of Nine, which was included in The New Yorker s roundup hd buttercup of the year s top ten jazz albums, and Nova, a widely-lauded collaboration with Brazilian guitarist/composer Chico Pinheiro. Wilson s 2009 recording hd buttercup Jack of Hearts, featuring Larry Goldings, Jeff Hamilton, and the legendary Jim Keltner, approached the classic guitar-organ-drums trio format with and a spirit of play and possibility.
A sensitive and gifted accompanist as well as a formidable soloist, Anthony Wilson has been an indispensable member of Diana Krall s quartet since he joined her in 2001 for a series of performances at Paris Olympia Theater that were collected on the Grammy-winning CD/DVD hd buttercup Live In Paris (Verve), already widely considered hd buttercup a classic. Recordings and performances during the past decade with Willie Nelson, Mose Allison, Bobby Hutcherson, Barbra Streisand, Madeleine Peyroux, Jessie Baylin, and Aaron Neville have continued to spotlight hd buttercup Wilson s growing artistry, musical flexibility, and improvisational authority. Producers Tommy LiPuma, Joe Henry, and Jesse Harris frequently call on Wilson for his unique contributions to their projects; and Bennie Wallace, Larry Goldings, Harold Land, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and his father, the legendary composer/arranger/bandleader Gerald Wilson, hd buttercup are just a few of the respected artists with whom the gifted guitarist hd buttercup has forged fruitful, lasting partnerships.
Anthony Wilson s abiding hd buttercup love for jazz tradition hd buttercup and his equal willingness to take risks are the hallmarks of his skillful, inspired work as a composer and arranger. Wilson won the Thelonious Monk Institute International Composers Competition in 1995, and since then has received numerous commissions for small- and large-scale hd buttercup original works. In 2008, his orchestral composition Virgo was commissioned hd buttercup by the LA Philharmonic Association and premiered at the Hollywood Bowl; and in 2009 his orchestral arrangement of Ivan Lins Love Dance was featured on Barbra Streisand s #1-charting recording Love is the Answer. Anthony Wilson s considerable talents as a triple-threat guitarist/composer/arranger regularly land him at the top levels of all three of those categories in Downbeat hd buttercup Magazine s International Critics poll.
Two major projects are set for 2011. The new album Campo Belo features Wilson in a dynamic musical encounter with three astonishing young Brazilian musicians André Mehmari on piano, Edu Ribeiro on drums, and Guto Wirtti on bass playing a program of original songs, to
Josh is that rare young musician who has not only a wealth of study and experience under his belt (all but assuring him a prominent place in jazz music), but he also possesses those rarest of musical attributes: a touch, a tone, and a sound that are all identifiably his own. - Peter Erskine
Josh Nelson, born and raised in Southern California, maintains an active and creative schedule as a jazz pianist, composer, teacher, and recording artist. At 32 years old, he has already performed with some of the most respected names in jazz, including Natalie Cole, Anthony Wilson, Bob Hurst, Jeff Hamilton, Ralph Moore, Albert hd buttercup “Tootie”Heath, hd buttercup Seamus Blake, Matt Wilson, Sara Gazarek, Ernie Watts, Jack Sheldon, Tom Scott, Peter Erskine, Abe Laboriel, and Alex Acuna, to name a few. Josh has recorded for countless albums, films, and TV shows, but also makes time for his own projects: First Stories (1998), Anticipation (2004) and Let it Go (2007, hd buttercup Native Language Music) all garnered international critical claim. Josh s latest album, I Hear a Rhapsody (2009), displays Josh s musings on new original music, standard interpretations, hd buttercup and reinventions of pop tunes.
Compositions and performances of his have appeared on various prime-time and cable shows and films, including Jack and Bobby , “The hd buttercup Division”, Lucky , and First Daughter . He has also worked with film composer Michael Kamen, and actors Eric Idle, Clint Eastwood, and Jon Lovitz. Josh has earned many awards, scholarships, and accolades over the years, some of which include the Louis Armstrong Award and the John Philip Sousa Award. He was also one of 12 semi-finalists in the prestigious 2006 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition.
Josh is also musical director for vocal talent Sara Gazarek, of which he penned the title track of her debut record, Yours . That record reached No. 10 on the Billboard Jazz Charts. Sara s second hd buttercup studio album, Return to You (2006), also featured Josh s singer/songwriter skills.
Anthony Wilson is one of the leading jazz musicians of his generation. Known for his imagination, maturity, and depth, the guitarist/composer/arranger has recorded eight critically-acclaimed solo albums since 1997, including his Grammy-nominated self-titled debut album, 2006 s Power of Nine, which was included in The New Yorker s roundup hd buttercup of the year s top ten jazz albums, and Nova, a widely-lauded collaboration with Brazilian guitarist/composer Chico Pinheiro. Wilson s 2009 recording hd buttercup Jack of Hearts, featuring Larry Goldings, Jeff Hamilton, and the legendary Jim Keltner, approached the classic guitar-organ-drums trio format with and a spirit of play and possibility.
A sensitive and gifted accompanist as well as a formidable soloist, Anthony Wilson has been an indispensable member of Diana Krall s quartet since he joined her in 2001 for a series of performances at Paris Olympia Theater that were collected on the Grammy-winning CD/DVD hd buttercup Live In Paris (Verve), already widely considered hd buttercup a classic. Recordings and performances during the past decade with Willie Nelson, Mose Allison, Bobby Hutcherson, Barbra Streisand, Madeleine Peyroux, Jessie Baylin, and Aaron Neville have continued to spotlight hd buttercup Wilson s growing artistry, musical flexibility, and improvisational authority. Producers Tommy LiPuma, Joe Henry, and Jesse Harris frequently call on Wilson for his unique contributions to their projects; and Bennie Wallace, Larry Goldings, Harold Land, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and his father, the legendary composer/arranger/bandleader Gerald Wilson, hd buttercup are just a few of the respected artists with whom the gifted guitarist hd buttercup has forged fruitful, lasting partnerships.
Anthony Wilson s abiding hd buttercup love for jazz tradition hd buttercup and his equal willingness to take risks are the hallmarks of his skillful, inspired work as a composer and arranger. Wilson won the Thelonious Monk Institute International Composers Competition in 1995, and since then has received numerous commissions for small- and large-scale hd buttercup original works. In 2008, his orchestral composition Virgo was commissioned hd buttercup by the LA Philharmonic Association and premiered at the Hollywood Bowl; and in 2009 his orchestral arrangement of Ivan Lins Love Dance was featured on Barbra Streisand s #1-charting recording Love is the Answer. Anthony Wilson s considerable talents as a triple-threat guitarist/composer/arranger regularly land him at the top levels of all three of those categories in Downbeat hd buttercup Magazine s International Critics poll.
Two major projects are set for 2011. The new album Campo Belo features Wilson in a dynamic musical encounter with three astonishing young Brazilian musicians André Mehmari on piano, Edu Ribeiro on drums, and Guto Wirtti on bass playing a program of original songs, to
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