Matt Wilson: Biography

• Overview
• Discography
• Biography
• Related Artists

• Charlie Kohlhase
• Charlie Kohlhase Quintet
• Fred Hersch
• Dewey Redman
• Either/Orchestra
• Andrew D'Angelo
• Lee Konitz

• Trip Shakespeare
• The Flops

• Trip Shakespeare
• Falkner Evans Trio
• Either/Orchestra
• Conference Call
• The Flops
• The Herbie Nichols Project
• Michael Musillami's Dialect

• John Turner
• Dan Wilson
• John Munson
• Curtis Hasselbring
• Cecil McBee
• John Carlson
• Allan Chase

Born:

Sep 27, 1964 in Knoxville, IL

Genres:

Classical Music, Jazz Music, Avant Garde Jazz Music

Decades Active:

1990's|2000's

Flexible, subtle drummer Matt Wilson gained a strong reputation with his debut recording as a leader, a 1996 set for Palmetto that prominently features tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman. Wilson started playing drums in grade school; he studied at Wichita State University and spent time in the Midwest, both as a freelancer and as a teacher. In 1987, he moved to Boston, where he was soon playing with the Either/Orchestra and the Charlie Kohlhase Quintet. In 1992, Wilson relocated to New York, where he has since played with Redman, Cecil McBee, Lee Konitz, Fred Hersch, Tim Hagans, Ingrid Jensen, and others, appearing on a couple dozen records as a sideman. Other headlining dates include 1998's Going Once, Going Twice and 1999's Smile. Arts Crafts followed in early 2001. After releasing another quartet album with 2003's Humidity, Wilson returned to his Arts Crafts ensemble with 2004's Wake Up (To What's Happening). He stuck with the same group for 2007's The Scenic Route. In 2009, Wilson returned to his quartet lineup for That's Gonna Leave a Mark.

- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide