For those unaware, saxophonist/flutist Steve Wilson reflects on a lifetime of indelible musical memories on his breathtaking album, ENDURING SONANCE, featuring Renee Rosnes, Joe Locke, Jay Anderson and Kendrick Scott playing some of Wilson’s favorite songs spanning genres and decades.

Certain songs have a way of insinuating themselves into our imaginations, leaving a lasting impression that continues to ring in our ears long after we’ve last heard them – sometimes for the rest of our lives.

On his breathtaking new album, ENDURING SONANCE, veteran saxophonist and flutist Steve Wilson celebrates some of the indelible compositions that he’s cherished over the course of his musical life.

“Some of the tunes on this record have stayed with me for, in some cases, over 50 years from the time that I first heard them,” Wilson says. “I wanted to put some music out there that people can connect with, no matter what kind of music they like.”

1. Quiet Girl
2. Helen’s Song
3. Pieces of Dreams
4. How Long?
5. A Volta
6. The Eyes of Love
7. The Surest Things Can Change
8. Francisco

On what is a simply incredible album from the dutifully focused, thoughtfully enriched composer-performer, he opens on the smoothly succulent Quiet Girl and then brings us the decadently engaging Helen’s Song, a dulcetly sheer elegance found with Pieces of Dreams, and the enveloping beauty of How Long?, and they are in turn backed by the late night Summers evening walk of A Volta, the veritably shimmering beauty of The Eyes of Love, rounding out on the glistening The Surest Things Can Change, the set coming to a close on the affectingly ambient Francisco.

Musicians:
Steve Wilson - alto & soprano saxophone, flute
Joe Locke - vibraphone
Renee Rosnes - piano & Fender Rhodes
Jay Anderson - bass
Kendrick Scott - drums
Kevin Newton - french horn on “Quiet Girl” and “Francisco”

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