Steve Wilson is a fine altoist, soprano-saxophonist, and flutist who gained some recognition for his playing with
Chick Corea. Surprisingly his date for Maxjazz often finds
Wilson acting as a sideman behind the vocals of
Carla Cook,
Phillip Manual, or
Rene Marie. Only five of the 13 selections are instrumentals and that is a pity, for
Wilson is in excellent form whenever he gets the opportunity to stretch out.
Wilson wrote that on this set he wanted to capture the freshness and diversity of early-1970s music. Unfortunately, the material is not all that memorable, many of the vocals are mundane and only the solos of
Wilson and pianist-keyboardist
Bruce Barth hold one's interest. ~ Scott Yanow