PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Jazz Drummer Matt Wilson a Single Band with a Split Personality

Matt Wilson unveiled an expanded version of his working group at Iridium on Wednesday night or maybe it was two groups, depending on the whim of the moment. Near the end of the first set, it was possible to imagine a borderline across the stage, as half of the musicians played a Mozart string quartet and the other half gradually muscled in, urgent and bleary, with What Reason Could I Give, an enigmatic ballad by Ornette Coleman. The two halves were working at cross purposes, but with a playfu...

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