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Matt Wilson’s Beginning Of A Memory (due out 5/27 on Palmetto Records) is a celebration of life, community, and family expressed with the passionate creativity and virtuosic wit that have made Matt so beloved in the jazz community as a drummer, composer, and human being. Returning to the studio as a leader for the first time since his wife Felicia lost her battle with leukemia in June 2014, Wilson convened his extended musical family including all past and present members of his longest–running ensembles: The Matt Wilson Quartet, Arts & Crafts, and Christmas Tree–O .
Most of the pieces on Beginning Of A Memory have been associated exclusively with one or another of these groups, making nearly every track simultaneously a revival and a discovery for the various members; the release also marks the 20th anniversary of Wilson’s tenure on Palmetto and of his collaboration with producer/label founder Matt Balitsaris. “I made this album to celebrate a community of people and how much their love and support through all of this has meant to me,” says Matt Wilson. “It also celebrates Felicia’s relationship with all these folks, because she had a really special relationship with each and every one of them.”
Terell Stafford – trumpet
Jeff Lederer – tenor saxophone
Joel Frahm – tenor saxophone
Andrew D’Angelo – clarinet, alto saxophone
Aaron Diehl – piano
Chris Lightcap – bass
Paul Sikivie – bass
Matt Wilson – drums