Always a bummer to read this kind of news. Wilson brought music to further life in a fair share of liner notes, particularly those on the Hat label. A very insightful, talented writer.
Posted by al on November 7, 2003 10:34 AMVery sad news. For those of you that don't have a copy, try & get hold of YARBLES (hatOLOGY 510, 1997) with Burkhard Beins and Martin Pfleiderer. One of the strongest and criminally overlooked albums of recent years.
Posted by: dan warburton at November 9, 2003 9:59 PMPlease visit www.bassplayers.co.za for a personal reflection in memory of Peter on the first anniversary of his passing.
Posted by: Kai Horsthemke at October 24, 2004 12:36 AMWilson's beautiful (and also criminally overlooked) album is ALPHEA on Leo - an outstanding duo with Hannes Wienert (alto saxophone, trumpet). This album has been a fovorite for a couple of years, and it's a shame we won't hear from this duo anymore.
Posted by: D.D: at October 25, 2004 11:01 AMI don't know if anybody had mentioned it but he wrote quite a good book on improvisation under the title ''Hear And Now- Gedanken zur Improvisierten Musik (Wolke Verlag, Hofheim 1999). Unfortunately i know only of german release and i think it is quite hard to get this days (i got my copy from Burkhard Stangl thankfully) ...
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Another vote here for Wilson as a writer. Revenant should have tucked a paperback of an English translation of his book on Albert Ayler into Holy Ghost and, in his book on Ornette Coleman, which has been translated, he does the best job I've seen so far of explaining harmolodics in standard musical terms. (I'm not completely sure that this is actually possible, but Wilson's version is pretty credible, especially for Ornette's "classical" work).
Posted by: jeff schwartz at October 29, 2004 11:09 AMAnother vote here for Wilson as a writer. Revenant should have tucked a paperback of an English translation of his book on Albert Ayler into Holy Ghost and, in his book on Ornette Coleman, which has been translated, he does the best job I've seen so far of explaining harmolodics in standard musical terms. (I'm not completely sure that this is actually possible, but Wilson's version is pretty credible, especially for Ornette's "classical" work).
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