Anthony Wilson (jazz guitarist)
Anthony Wilson (born May 9, 1968 ) is an American jazz guitarist , band leader and composer.
Live and act
The son of trumpeter and band leader Gerald Wilson won the international composition competition of the Thelonious Monk Institute in 1995 and has received numerous commissions for smaller and larger works since then. He made his debut as a bandleader in 1997 with the album Anthony Wilson , which was included in the list of the ten best albums by JazzTimes , the Philadelphia Inquirer , the Boston Herald and Jazziz . He has since released five more albums.
Wilson leads his own trio with keyboardist Joe Bagg and drummer Mark Ferber . Since 2001 he has been a member of Diana Krall's band . Her album Live In Paris , which she made while performing at the Paris Olympic Theater , was awarded a Grammy . He continued to work with musicians such as Bennie Wallace , Larry Goldings , Joe Henry , Harold Land , Chris Botti and his father, Gerald Wilson, and did live performances and recordings a. a. with Madeleine Peyroux , Al Jarreau and Aaron Neville .
Discography
- Anthony Wilson with Carl Saunders , Ira Nepus , Louis Taylor , Pete Christlieb , Jack Nimitz , Brad Mehldau , Danton Boller , Willie Jones III. , Bennie Wallace , 1997
- Goat Hill Junket with Jeff Ballard , Art Baron , Danton Boller , John D'Earth , Mike LeDonne , Ted Nash , Joe Temperley , Bennie Wallace, 1998
- Adult themes with Joe Bagg, Danton Boller , Pete Christlieb , Jeff Clayton , Greg Ellis , Mark Ferber, Ira Nepus , Jack Nimitz, Carl Saunders, Donald Vega , 1999
- Our Gang , Anthony Wilson Trio, 2000
- Savivity , Anthony Wilson Trio, 2005
- Power of Nine with Gilbert Castellanos , Alan Ferber , Mark Ferber, Diana Krall, Matt Otto , Adam Schroeder , Eva Scow , Donald Vega, Matthew Zebley , 2006
- Campo Belo (Goat Hill, 2011)
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| SURNAME | Wilson, Anthony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz guitarist, band leader and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1968 |