| Detroit | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Gerald Wilson Orchestra |
| Cover: | Detroit (Gerald Wilson album).jpg |
| Released: | September 28, 2009 |
| Recorded: | 2009 New York and Los Angeles |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 62:47 |
| Label: | Mack Avenue MAC 1049 |
| Producer: | Al Pryor |
| Chronology: | Gerald Wilson |
| Prev Title: | Monterey Moods |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Legacy |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
Detroit is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 2009 and released on the Mack Avenue label.[1]
AllMusic rated the album with 4 stars; in his review, Michael G. Nastos noted: "A quite spirited and energetic music is heard here from the 90-year-old Wilson, whose charm and wit would rival anyone many decades his junior. It's a swinging affair molded in the traditional big-band visage of Count Basie, Ernie Wilkins, or early Quincy Jones, with Wilson's deft touch for embellishing the blues". In JazzTimes Owen Cordle wrote: "Wilson’s chord progressions, chord voicings and rhythmic figures for the ensemble are strong characteristics of his writing. He also has a flair for atmospheric themes. One could quibble about the combo-esque strings of solos and the scarcity of ensemble interludes. Nevertheless, his writing style continues to serve him well".[2] On All About Jazz Robert J. Robbins noted: "Gerald Wilson's six-movement "Detroit Suite" demonstrates that after nearly seven decades in the music business, the nonagenarian composer and arranger still has a great deal to offer in terms of musical creativity".[3]
All compositions by Gerald Wilson.