Name: Adult Themes
Brand: Mama Foundation
SKU: 879984
Price: 35.82 USD
Availability: InStock

Performer Notes

Personnel: Anthony Wilson (guitar, electric sitar, kazoo); Jeff Clayton (alto saxophone, clarinet, flute); Pete Christlieb (tenor saxophone); Jack Nimitz (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet); Carl Saunders (trumpet, flugelhorn); Ira Nepus (trombone); Donald Vega (piano); Joe Bagg (organ); Danton Boller (bass); Mark Ferber (drums); Greg Ellis (percussion).
Adapter: Anthony Wilson .
Personnel: Anthony Wilson (guitar, electric sitar, kazoo); Greg Ellis (tamboura, percussion); Jeff Clayton (flute, clarinet, saxophone, alto saxophone); Jack Nimitz (bass clarinet, baritone saxophone); Pete Christlieb (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Carl Saunders (trumpet, flugelhorn); Ira Nepus (trombone); Donald Vega (piano); Joe Bagg (organ); Mark Ferber (drums).
Audio Mixer: Bones Howe.
Recording information: The Village, Los Angeles CA (06/03/1999-06/04/1999).
Editor: Douglas Evans.
Photographer: Armond Bagdasarian.
Arranger: Anthony Wilson .
Anthony Wilson showed a fair amount of promise on his self-titled debut album of 1997, and he lives up to that promise on 1998's Goat Hill Junket, and on his third album Adult Themes. This CD is noteworthy not only because of Wilson's Wes Montgomery-influenced guitar playing, but also because of his arranging and composing. On Adult Themes, Wilson leads what Phil Woods might call a "little big band." No less than five horn players are employed (including trumpeter/flgelhornist Carl Saunders, trombonist Ira Nepus, alto saxophonist Jeff Clayton, tenor saxophonist Pete Christlieb, and baritone saxophonist Jack Nimitz), and the hard-swinging rhythm section includes, among others, pianist Donald Vega, bassist Danton Boller, and drummer Mark Ferber. Wilson does much of the writing himself, but he also provides inventive arrangements of the Beatles' "Because," Donald Fagen's "Maxine," and the traditional Irish ballad "Danny Boy." None of these songs have been done to death by jazz musicians, and Wilson deserves credit for successfully bringing them into a jazz environment. Adult Themes isn't innovative, but this enjoyable date is certainly neither generic nor predictable. ~ Alex Henderson

Professional Reviews

JazzTimes (12/99, p.139) - "...his finest and most varied album yet, adulthood, i.e. maturity, seems at hand....he does bring to the form a kind of passion and also an inveterate reverence for tradition..."

Album: Adult Themes
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Barry's Tune
2)	Maxine
3)	Chorale
4)	Idle Blues
5)	Invention in Blue
6)	Because
7)	Danny Boy
8)	Adult Themes: I. Unfinished Stiuation: Impermanence / Lullaby / Integration
9)	Adult Themes: II. Impermanence
10)	Adult Themes: III. The Impasse, The
11)	Adult Themes: IV. Lullaby
12)	Adult Themes: V. Integration

Album: Adult Themes
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Barry's Tune
2)	Maxine
3)	Chorale
4)	Idle Blues
5)	Invention in Blue
6)	Because
7)	Danny Boy
8)	Adult Themes: I. Unfinished Stiuation: Impermanence / Lullaby / Integration
9)	Adult Themes: II. Impermanence
10)	Adult Themes: III. The Impasse, The
11)	Adult Themes: IV. Lullaby
12)	Adult Themes: V. Integration