Savivity

Anthony Wilson, Anthony Wilson Trio

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Following up on his previous recording “Our Gang”, Groove Note is proud to announce the release of Anthony Wilson‘s Savivity. This album features a similar mix of originals and covers and with performances that cover the bluesy up tempo groove of Fleur D’Ennui through to the introspection of God Bless The Child.

Since the release of Our Gang in 2001, Anthony has been working almost non-stop as the featured guitarist with Diana Krall’s Quartet. A complex quality of knowingness, compassion, inquisitiveness, and depth, combined with rare humor, a love of The Beatles, and a belief in the healing and regerative power of music of all kinds.

 

Tracklist

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1.
Fleur De Ennui
06:43
2.
All The Things You Are
06:39
3.
The Other Shore
05:26
4.
Jackson
09:15
5.
You're The Top
06:15
6.
Savivity
06:21
7.
Sea Blues
06:39
8.
A Child Is Born
07:08

Total time: 00:54:26

Additional information

Label

SKU

GRV1030

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Cables

AudioQuest

Digital Converters

EMM Labs Meitner A/D

Editing Software

Sonoma DSD Workstation

Mastering Engineer

David Glasser, Airshow Mastering

Mastering Room

DSD 128 and DSD 256 Download Files Created by Tom Caulfield at the NativeDSD Mastering Lab, Marshfield, MA

Notes

We are pleased to announce the availability of Groove Note releases in DSD 128 and DSD 256, in addition to the original DSD 64 releases. These higher bit rate DSD 128 and DSD 256 releases are all pure DSD created. They are not up samplings, for there are no PCM or DXD conversions involved in their production. They are re-modulations of the original DSD 64 encoding modulation that produced the DSD 64 releases. The sonic advantage to these new Stereo and Multichannel DSD 128 and DSD 256 releases, as with all higher DSD bit rate releases, is the wider frequency passband prior to the onset of modulation noise.This results in the listener’s DAC using gentler and more phase linear filters for playback of the music.

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Original Recording Format

Producer

Joe Harley

Recording Engineer

Michael C. Ross

Recording Location

Cello Studios, Hollywood CA

Recording Type & Bit Rate

DSD64

Release DateMay 11, 2018

Press reviews

Prairie Audio Man Cave

I knew that Anthony Wilson was Diana Krall’s longstanding, pedigreed guitarist, but from the first luscious licks on his hollow body guitar in the bluesy, perky mid-tempo “Fleur d’Ennui,” I sit amazed. Mark Ferber’s ride cymbals join in, and Joe Bagg’s Hammond B-3 comps, laying down a wondrous backdrop to Wilson’s virtuosic lead, then several measures later, serves up a sassy, solo with equal aplomb. The two engage in an intoxicating dialog rounded out by Ferber’s toms, ride and crash cymbals, making this a thoroughly satisfying and savory sonic appetizer that could easily be a meal, but tantalizes about what lies ahead in the rest of their album, Savivity.

They don’t disappoint. While the bluesy “Fleur d’Ennui” eases us in, the Bebop “All the Things that You Are” takes us into the deep end, showcasing Wilson’s and Bagg’s scintillating chops, as well as Ferber’s outstanding drum soloing skills. I find myself transported to The Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, reaching for one of my friend Joe’s Marlboros. It’s that good. (…)

Jazz Times

Now a four-year veteran of Diana Krall’s road band, Anthony Wilson reunites with organist Joe Bagg and drummer Mark Ferber to follow up Our Gang with the exceptional Savivity. As if to prove that a “mainstream” date can be unpredictable and forward-focused, Wilson chooses seldom-heard songs (“You’re the Top,” Django’s “Fleur d’Ennui”) and brings skill and conviction to the more common ones (“A Child Is Born,” “All the Things You Are”).

His four originals are accessible yet idiosyncratic, somehow transcending the genres in which they’re written. “The Other Shore,” a slow bossa, has a straightforward lyrical line unfolding in an odd harmonic pattern, with Wilson’s unaccompanied interlude adding another wrinkle. “Jackson,” a longer piece in a laid-back swing feel, has a similar freshness. “Savivity,” a midtempo waltz, brings out darker colors and features one of Bagg’s more ruminative solos. “Sea Blues” brightens the mood with an offbeat 12-bar bebop head, followed by inspired blowing.

Wilson’s soulful touch is a genuine pleasure, and his interplay with Bagg and Ferber never seems rote.

All Music 5 out of 5

Guitarist Anthony Wilson is a particularly talented arranger-composer. He is usually heard with larger groups, so this trio outing gives listeners a rare opportunity to hear him stretch out as an improviser.

The music mostly falls between hard bop and soul-jazz and tends to be laid-back and relaxed, even the rapid rendition of “All the Things You Are.” The fine Los Angeles organist Joe Bagg works well with Wilson, while drummer Mark Ferber adds subtlety and swing. But the guitarist, who contributed four of the eight selections, is the main star and his soft tone and quietly inventive ideas make this set worth listening to closely.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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