Matt Wilson's Arts and Crafts
Saturday, March 6th $20 8:00 and 10:30
Saturday
night, I am pretty sure that I heard a drumset sing,” raves Ira Ochs,
reviewing Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts at Chicago’s legendary Green
Mill. Wilson has certainly made a mark as a highly in-demand drummer
for some of the best in the business, including Wynton Marsalis, Dewey
Redman, Cecil McBee and Lee Konitz. Heading his own groups, including
Arts & Crafts, he has also proven to be a bandleader of great
musical vision. Not to mention that the guy simply likes to have fun,
and his audiences go along for the ride. Winner of numerous accolades
(such as Modern Drummer’s Reader’s Poll), Wilson makes sense of the
complex with the warmth and heart of melody. His outstanding quartet
includes the sublime Terell Stafford on trumpet.