Detroit

Without making it too much of a mood album, Wilson seems to find a good balance between a time/place theme and just giving us a fine listening experience -- if you love big-band jazz as much as I do. The cut about his teacher, "Miss Gretchen," is a special delight. Can you believe this guy is over 90 and still giving the world such great sounds?

Being a long time fan/collector (Pacific Jazz recording label) of Greald Wilson's recordings this "DETROIT" is just another of his master pieces. Thank you.

Big Band Jazz at its best. Wonderful Wilson arrangements.

if you love the full sound of a large ensemble with the emphisis on horns you'll be diggin this cd. Heard the Blues on Belle Island on the 88.3 dot com, and previewed the rest of the cuts and was sold....this cd is so well put together, every time i listen to it, i get hooked a little more

gerald wilson's detroit is the stuff of legends- a super talented line up of musicians and beautifully written music, with the recording serving up the great exchanges that occur between the two. this is what it sounds like when you love what you do. the best of 2009 for sure!

This is ok. I wish it had more swing charts in it. It seemed to miss out and did alot of strange new music that I did not like that much. More Black kees in this than what I like!

Mr. Wilson is from my hometown of Detroit. I just recently heard of him this summer. Some of the selections from this cd, were being pre-released over the air. "Detroit", "Cass Tech" and "Miss Gretchen" are my favorites.

This CD pays homage to Mr. Wilson's hometown of 1934-1939. The "Detroit Suite" (the first 6 tunes) was commissioned by the Detroit International Jazz Festival in 2009. It proves that Mr. Wilson still has the great musical imagination and arranging skills that has made him one of the top jazz orchestral leaders (at over 90 years of age!)for such a long time. In reference to a former review asking why "Cass Tech" sounds like Benny Golson's "Along Comes Betty", please note that the sub-title of the song is "Variations on a Theme by B.G." (i.e. Benny Golson)- thus honoring Mr. Golson. If you like jazz, especially big band, you cannot go wrong with Gerald Wilson.