Wilderness

Tony Williams | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 29, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000001YPO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,897 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wilderness Rising

2. China Town

3. Infant Wilderness

4. Harlem Mist

5. China's Road

6. The Night You Were Born

7. Wilderness Voyager

8. Machu Picchu

9. China Moon

10. Wilderness Island

11. Sea Of Wilderness

12. Gambia

13. Cape Wilderness

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DEFYING GRAVITY!! BRILLIANT !, November 27, 2008

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Robert Lewis "Nojoe King" (Oz) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wilderness (Repackaged) (Alternate Track Listing) (Audio CD)

And, defying simple categorization, right to the end. Tony William's last album (?) and in many ways a synthesis of more new beginnings for him - jazz meets the orchestra - neo-fusion - funk - latin - swing - classical. If anything, I was only disappointed he didn't throw in some hard bop - but his own compositional leanings were more toward jazz-rock-fusion, and in some ways that has become mainstream - only because Mr Williams was one of the key innovators of these genre, and we are appreciating his work from a post-Williams, post-Zappa perspective, if you get my drift. Anyway, it's a fantastic album - with great synergy between all players - all giants of jazz!! Highly recommended, along with the Mosaic Select CD of TW's work!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lacks focus, July 14, 2006

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PGM (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wilderness (Repackaged) (Alternate Track Listing) (Audio CD)

Tony is one of the finest drummers the world has known, but this album is pretty much a disappointment from a material standpoint.

Sounds very much middle of the road.

The supporting cast is legendary, but I just couldn't recommend it, considering that there is just so much better that he has done.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars kaoru-k, November 24, 2003

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Kaoru Kikuchi (Methuen, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wilderness (Audio CD)

Shortly, this is a very lucky find. Some tunes of this album (like "China Town") reminds me of his old "Lifetime" but played and enhanced by all stars players, Michael Brecker (sax), Pat Metheney (g), Herbie Hancock (pf and key), Stanley Clarke (bs) and the strings orchestra. There are all the essences and features of each musicians tune by tune. Unique and interesting. It would be worth just to listen how these Jazz masters with the orchestra play Tony Williams' fusion-funky touch music. Recorded Dec. 1995. My actual point for this album is 4 1/2.