Word: plaxico
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...with tunes mostly taken from her latest work, Traveling Miles, a tribute to the career of the legendary Miles Davis. Wilson brought a six-member band with her which included two guitarists as well as two percussionists, her ever-faithful, ever-famous bassist and musical advisor, Lonnie Plaxico (who was in the Boston area in the fall with Ravi Coltrane before leaving to tour Japan with Cassandra) and a vibraphone/piano player. While not quite sold out, the crowd was receptive of and enthusiastic to her performance style and new tunes...
...album flowed across the words "Cyndi Lauper" as Wilson introduced the piece. The fear quickly turned into mellow groove, though, as audience members regretted questioning for even a second Wilson's class. Her slightly-lower-than-contralto changes the song completely, as does Sewell's light acoustic background and Plaxico's soothing base line...
...delivered the surprise of the evening. Hoss had flown to Rochester earlier that day to teach and returned to Boston for the concert before traveling to Europe for another show. His passionate playing contained sounds reminiscent of the same African drumbeats that lead to the beginnings of jazz. Lonnie Plaxico on bass, who had lost his waist-length dreds for a shaved look, rounded off the quartet...