The Dave Wilson Quartet offers high caliber, compelling, contemporary jazz music with top notch, nationally and internationally known personnel known for their exciting improvisations, creative individualistic compositions, and unique arrangements of standards. For this year’s performance Dave has assembled an all-star group that he has been working with throughout 2023 and is very excited about what is in store for the concert.

Dave Wilson-tenor and soprano saxophone

Dave Wilson is a leading jazz saxophonist, recording artist, band leader, composer, and educator in the Central PA/ Delaware Valley area, with a very active venue and festival schedule as both a leader of his own contemporary jazz groups and as a sideman.  He has six recordings under his own name, all of which have received national airplay and positive reviews from leading jazz publications.

The Dave Wilson Quartet’s fourth release There Was Never (ZOHO), peaked at #18 in the national Jazz Weekly Countdown, received 3 stars in the February 2016 issue of Downbeat Magazine, and was placed in nomination for a Grammy. The fifth release One Night at Chris’ (Dave Wilson Music), recorded live at Chris’ Jazz Café, achieved “Chartbound” status (top 50 nationwide), on Jazz Radio, and garnered many positive reviews. From writer Bill Milkowski. “The crackling intensity of One Night at Chris’ is a testament to what can happen on the bandstand on any given night. And this was a particularly good night indeed.” Dave’s sixth recording titled Stretching Supreme, a tribute to John Coltrane, was released January of 2022, and Charted 31^st in the nationwide Jazz Weekly Radio Countdown and received many positive reviews:

 “…one of the finest Coltrane tribute albums you’ll find…Fantastic reedman Wilson plays both tenor sax and soprano throughout the album demonstrating total mastery on both instruments.”
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Jesse Green (piano)

Jesse Green is a true jazz piano improviser with a seemingly impenetrable integrity of musical creativity. He has performed and recorded with Bobby Caldwell, Freddie Hubbard, Phil Woods, Bobby Durham, Gary Burton, David Liebman, Chris Potter, David “Fathead” Newman and many others. Additionally, he has released four albums for Chiaroscuro Records. Jesse also teaches and owns/operates a recording studio in the heart of the Poconos of Pennsylvania.

Gene Perla (acoustic bass)

Thanks to Charlie Haden’s performance on Ornette Coleman’s The Shape Of Jazz To Come,” Gene Perla chose the bass as his main instrument. Not long after arriving in New York City in the late 1960’s his talents became in demand and he found joy in performing with artists over the years such as Willie Bobo, Carlos “Patato” Valdes, Nina Simone, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Elvin Jones, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra.

As an educator Mr. Perla has taught at William Paterson University, New School University, Center for the Media Arts and is currently at Lehigh University.

Adam Nussbaum (drums)

A very versatile drummer who generally plays in advanced settings, Adam Nussbaum is considered a major asset no matter where he appears and remains one of the finest jazz drummers on the scene today. Nussbaum studied at the Davis Center and City College of New York, and by 1978 was making a strong impression in the jazz world, playing regularly with both Dave Liebman and John Scofield (1978-83). Other important associations through the years include Stan Getz (1982-83), Gil Evans, the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, Gary Burton, Steve Swallow, Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick, James Moody, Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper, Joe Henderson, John Abercrombie, Sheila Jordan, Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, NHØP and Charles Lloyd, along with countless others.