by George Harris, Jazz Weekly The team of Dan Wilkins/ts, Mike Bono-Vaughn Stoffey/g, Dave Lantz-Kevin Bernstein/p-key, Daryl Johns/b, Patrick McGee/ss and Jimmy Macbride/dr focus on sounds and moods that are pastoral and for the most part genteel on a satisfyingly soft session. The one blip of “Unravelled” features a bit of cacophony and chaos, but … Read More
Dan Wilkins Ensemble
International Review – Jazz Quad Reviews Dan Wilkins Ensemble “Jnana-Vijnana (Awake)”
The Dan Wilkins Ensemble – Jnana-Vijnana (Awake) Уже при взгляде на обложку альбома сразу интригует его загадочное название. Это санскрит и это выражение обозначает стремление к познанию собственного внутреннего мира и осознанию мира внешнего, как некоей фазы в бесконечной цепочке инкарнаций. Разумеется, такое название альбома уже много говорит об умонастроении его создателя. Дэн Уилкинс, молодой … Read More
Four star review for Dan Wilkins Ensemble ‘Jnana-Vijnana (Awake)’ on All About Jazz
by James Nadal, All About Jazz 4 Stars! In the study of Hindu Vedanta philosophy, jnana-vijnana is a Sanskrit term for the pursuit of knowledge combined with intuitive realization arising from perception. If applied to music in a jazz framework, it is free from agitation and flows with a meditative rapture. The Dan Wilkins Ensemble … Read More
Dan Wilkins Ensemble Reviewed on Midwest Record
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record DAN WILKINS ENSEMBLE/Jnana Vijnana: This bunch of up and coming New York jazzbos takes inspiration from past jazzbos as they stop and reflect on eastern kinds of mind sets and comes forth with something more than chamber jazz. Not egghead stuff, this is easy going stuff that goes to the … Read More


