The only drummer to have backed the Art Ensemble of Chicago & performed at Woodstock
I used to see Phillip Wilson in the '70's in St. Louis, with multi instrumental wonder Howard Johnson, with Sir Julius and with his own groups. I'll never forget walking by Cicero's in University City one Saturday pm & hearing him practice in its basement. I have never heard a drummer with more command of dynamics.
Although a few other known players appeared on this (keyboardist Merl Saunders and saxophonist Hadley Caliman), no one seems to know what John White did before or after.
The only drummer to have backed the Art Ensemble of Chicago & performed at Woodstock
I used to see Phillip Wilson in the '70's in St. Louis, with multi instrumental wonder Howard Johnson, with Sir Julius and with his own groups. I'll never forget walking by Cicero's in University City one Saturday pm & hearing him practice in its basement. I have never heard a drummer with more command of dynamics.
Thanks for posting, Vinnie!
John White (a self-titled album by a guitarist for Mainstream Records in 1971) is worth hearing for Wilson in a jazz/funk context. https://www.discogs.com/release/2938390-John-White-John-White
Although a few other known players appeared on this (keyboardist Merl Saunders and saxophonist Hadley Caliman), no one seems to know what John White did before or after.