Wake Up (To What's Happening)
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-09-28
Reviewed 2004-09-28
Mainstream jazz, well played but with fewer surprises than Wilson's previous albums. That's because it's mostly covers, which means we miss the chummy, upbeat style of Wilson's own writing.
The album feels like a Wilson retrospective of his own influences, and it's got some variety to that effect. Overall very "nice," but it's got tracks like 2,4, and 9 to keep it from being labeled "harmless."
1- Bright; old-fashioned feel.
2- Nicely cooking little piece, w/organ. Starts a bit corny.
3- Mid/slow, a nice bluesy bebop feel
4- Stormy flow over mellow vocals from cheesy-jazz guy Curtis Stigers. Not nearly as bad as you'd think; Stigers' lines are sampled during the trumpet solo for a spacey effect
5- Slow and comforting
6- Cuban: Jaunty popping feel with tom drums
7- Slow, with touches of gospel feel
8- Mid/slow nightclub dancing music
9- Fast bebop
10- Closing-credits reprise of #4
The album feels like a Wilson retrospective of his own influences, and it's got some variety to that effect. Overall very "nice," but it's got tracks like 2,4, and 9 to keep it from being labeled "harmless."
1- Bright; old-fashioned feel.
2- Nicely cooking little piece, w/organ. Starts a bit corny.
3- Mid/slow, a nice bluesy bebop feel
4- Stormy flow over mellow vocals from cheesy-jazz guy Curtis Stigers. Not nearly as bad as you'd think; Stigers' lines are sampled during the trumpet solo for a spacey effect
5- Slow and comforting
6- Cuban: Jaunty popping feel with tom drums
7- Slow, with touches of gospel feel
8- Mid/slow nightclub dancing music
9- Fast bebop
10- Closing-credits reprise of #4
Recent airplay
Free Range Chicken
No Cover, No Minimum - Favorites of 2004, Part 2 — Dec 10, 2004
There Comes a Time
Memory Select — Nov 19, 2004
Cuban Carnival Song
No Cover, No Minimum - I Like To Riff! — Nov 12, 2004
Fast Edd
Memory Select — Nov 05, 2004
Free Range Chicken
No Cover, No Minimum — Oct 29, 2004
Free Range Chicken
Morning Glory — Oct 16, 2004
Charting
2004-09-27 — 2004-11-29
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Nov 21 | 1 |
| Nov 14 | 1 |
| Nov 7 | 1 |
| Oct 31 | 1 |
| Oct 17 | 2 |
| Oct 10 | 2 |
| Oct 3 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Sticky Mack | ||
| 2. | Free Range Chicken | ||
| 3. | Aluminum Baby | ||
| 4. | There Comes a Time | ||
| 5. | Luiza | ||
| 6. | Cuban Carnival Song | ||
| 7. | Silence | ||
| 8. | We'll Be Together Again | ||
| 9. | Fast Edd | ||
| 10. | There Comes a Time |