Jazz Coalition Series | Matt Wilson Quartet “the Good Trouble Suite” at The Falcon

Dedicated to Rep. John Lewis and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg;
The Good Trouble Suite comprises three movements: RBG | Walk with the Wind | Good Trouble
Written by Matt Wilson and arranged for big band by Jeff Lederer, it debuted in 2021 with the Kansas All State Jazz Ensemble.

Matt conducted the ensemble via Zoom and the performance was recorded by the performers recording their parts at home. It was quite an intense, but incredibly gratifying, experience.

The enthusiastic response of the performance and to the messages of the spoken word excerpts, was inspiring. The work has since been performed by the LIU Post and Wichita State University jazz ensembles....

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Dedicated to Rep. John Lewis and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg;
The Good Trouble Suite comprises three movements: RBG | Walk with the Wind | Good Trouble
Written by Matt Wilson and arranged for big band by Jeff Lederer, it debuted in 2021 with the Kansas All State Jazz Ensemble.

Matt conducted the ensemble via Zoom and the performance was recorded by the performers recording their parts at home. It was quite an intense, but incredibly gratifying, experience.

The enthusiastic response of the performance and to the messages of the spoken word excerpts, was inspiring. The work has since been performed by the LIU Post and Wichita State University jazz ensembles.

The Matt Wilson Quartet is recognized as one of the most adventurous, engaging and fun-loving working jazz groups of the past 25 years, and have performed worldwide. Their latest release, Hug!, was chosen one of the top recordings by the NYC Jazz Record among other notable publications.

“There are a few more emphatically dazzling drummers working today, but almost nobody in Wilson’s peer group with a broader sense of jazz history, or a more natural sense of time, or a stronger signature as a bandleader, or more goodwill among his fellow players.” Nate Chinen, JazzTimes

Wilson’s motto on stage and in the classroom; “The answer is YES…if it’s legal.”

Few musicians embody the spontaneous energy of jazz like Matt Wilson. The New York-based drummer combines buoyant zeal, idiosyncratic style, infectious humor, joyous swing and an indomitable spirit of surprise. Together, with his universally recognized personal warmth, these qualities have made Wilson one of the most in-demand players and educators on the modern jazz scene, both beloved and respected by his peers, elders and students. Not bad for a mischievous Midwestern boy from Knoxville, Illinois.

And that’s only a drop in the proverbial bucket in the context of an impressive discography that finds his distinctive style on more than 400 albums, with a "Who's Who" of contemporary jazz.

Matt can be heard hosting “Playdate with Matt Wilson” on New York jazz radio station WBGO.

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