The Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra’s 25th-anniversary celebration, happening Tuesdays in January at Blues Alley, is really about the longevity of a vision. The orchestra that’s inhabited those 25 years ...

With the Sinfonia of London, Wilson has explored the variety of music — light and serious alike — that defined his musical upbringing. By Hugh Morris Reporting from Aldeburgh, England, and London. The ...

While the question of who's our finest contemporary big band composer/arranger could be debated for days on end without any resolution, there's no doubt about who's the dean. Gerald Wilson, who ...

ARGUMENTS ABOUT the supposed “elitism” of classical music swing back and forth with the regularity and monotony of a metronome. Meanwhile, the finest musicians quietly (or loudly) get on with the job.