Without getting all macabre, Wilson explores the unholy themes of death and alienation on several songs on New Moon Daughter. And, for me, that's what the blues is about. It seems like people work so hard to try not to look at death, the reality of death and the many sides of it. My father and mother nurtured that. So, we begin to believe that if we take off our clothes, it's unhealthy.
People only see that coarse and very mundane depiction of our sensuality.
Opening for Wilson is the acclaimed young British horn player Courtney Pine. The Senator May 14 to 19. McBride, who gave a fierce performance at last year's jazz fest, is touting his new disc, Number Two Express. Blues people dig her. Jazz heads are convinced she belongs to their camp.