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Matt
Wilson’s Sonic Garden featuring Julian Lage Saturday, July 25, 8 pm Tickets on sale now! Matt Wilson is a dynamic and adventurous drummer and bandleader with tremendous versatility and a distinctive style. Wilson has recorded and toured extensively with his own quartet and the groundbreaking group Arts & Crafts, showcasing his eclectic musical tastes and inclusive vision. The Matt Wilson Quartet’s newest CD, That’s Gonna Leave a Mark, includes original compositions by Wilson and his bandmates, classics by great jazz composers, and creative covers of well-known songs from other genres. Wilson is also a sought-after sideman for artists who run the gamut form traditional jazz to avant-garde experimentation. His swinging energy has propelled groups led by Dewey Redman, Lee Konitz, Charlie Haden, Herbie Nichols, Dena DeRose, and dozens of others, and these artists’ styles and innovations have augmented Wilson’s personal sound and broadened his musical horizons. For his Stanford Jazz Festival performance, Wilson teams up with two sensational young players—guitarist Julian Lage and bassist Jorge Roeder—as well as saxophonist/clarinetist Douglas Yates, a Stanford Jazz Workshop alumnus and Wilson’s colleague from the seminal Either/Orchestra. “Wilson has emerged as one of the most in-demand and versatile musicians in jazz, comfortable as a bandleader or as a sideman, at home in a grassroots touring band playing small venues or performing at Carnegie Hall.” – Downbeat Magazine Q&A with Matt Wilson What is the first recording you remember hearing as a child? Who is your favorite jazz musician under the age of 30? What job would you have if you weren’t a jazz musician? What’s the strangest experience you’ve ever
had on the bandstand? What’s your favorite food? What’s the most exotic place you’ve traveled
to as a musician? What’s the last book you’ve read? If you could play with any other musician, living or dead (with
whom you have not played), who would it be and why? What’s your favorite tune? What’s your favorite thing about being a Stanford
Jazz Workshop faculty member? What’s your favorite jazz venue? Who is your greatest musical influence? If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have three
recordings with you, what would they be? How much do you practice each week? What hobbies do you have? If you could be any other type of artist other than a jazz musician,
what would you be and why? When did you become interested in music, and what circumstances
or events led to your becoming a professional musician? If you were to describe your music as a color, what color would
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