Search - Tony Williams :: Wilderness

Lacks focus

PGM | San Francisco Bay Area | 07/15/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Tony is one of the finest drummers the world has known, but this album is pretty much a disappointment from a material standpoint.



Sounds very much middle of the road.



The supporting cast is legendary, but I just couldn't recommend it, considering that there is just so much better that he has done.

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DEFYING GRAVITY!! BRILLIANT !

Robert Lewis | Oz | 11/27/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"And, defying simple categorization, right to the end. Tony William's last album (?) and in many ways a synthesis of more new beginnings for him - jazz meets the orchestra - neo-fusion - funk - latin - swing - classical. If anything, I was only disappointed he didn't throw in some hard bop - but his own compositional leanings were more toward jazz-rock-fusion, and in some ways that has become mainstream - only because Mr Williams was one of the key innovators of these genre, and we are appreciating his work from a post-Williams, post-Zappa perspective, if you get my drift. Anyway, it's a fantastic album - with great synergy between all players - all giants of jazz!! Highly recommended, along with the Mosaic Select CD of TW's work!"