In the next few weeks, saxophonist Steve Wilson will be firmly set in tribute mode. On December 10, he’ll join Jon Faddis and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble as a guest artist in the Windy City’s Harris Hall for a concert honoring the 50th anniversaries of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, John Coltrane’s Giant Steps and Ornette Coleman’s The Shape of Jazz to Come. A day before that show, along with Faddis and fellow guest artist David Sánchez, Wilson will conduct a workshop at Columbia College of Chicago.A week after his Chicago gig, Wilson, recently nominated as “Alto Player of the Year” by the Jazz Journalists Association, will convene with his Steve Wilson Ensemble at Manhattan’s Jazz Standard for a four-night stand, during which the group will reprise last year’s one-off tribute to Joe Zawinul. From December 17-20, the saxman and his cohorts – Jeremy Pelt, Danny Grissett, Ugonna Okegwo and Lewis Nash – will showcase music from early Zawinul records The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream (1965) and Money In the Pocket (1966), along with a few hits from the late pianist’s days with Cannonball Adderley.
For more information, go to www.stevewilsonmusic.com and www.jazzstandard.net.
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