Gerald Wilson State Street Sweet

"...'I passed the state of my four- and five-part harmony long ago' [Wilson] has said. 'A band that only employs four-part harmony can never affect the strength my band delivers--no matter how loud they play.' Besides strength, his harmonic structures give a sense of extraordinary depth..."
"...[STATE STREET SWEET] is everything that makes big band jazz the finest music humans have created. It's elegant, sophisticated, graceful, fervent, romantic, raucous, and inspirational....There are no weak spots....It's wall-to-wall happiness."
"...STATE STREET SWEET captures the essence of his style, which is at once elegant, robust, and gritty..."