Blog: Geezer Music Club

When considering Gerald Wilson's Detroit , the orchestral suite he composed to commemorate the 30th anniversary of that city's International Jazz Festival, it would be easy to get sidetracked by his unbelievably long career. After all, he's been a vital part of the jazz scene for seven decades. But the simple fact is that his composition, and its performance as presented on a new album coming out later this month on the Mack Avenue label, is as good as anything you'll hear from any jazz composer around - young, old, or in between. [...]