Guitar Night featuring Camila Meza & Dan Wilson

A long-running, ever-evolving showcase for jazz’s finest guitar stylists, Guitar Night pairs two extraordinary bandleaders with strikingly different sounds this season. Chilean-born Camila Meza first drew widespread attention on the New York scene in the late aughts performing with Cuban pianist Fabian Almazan and trombonist Ryan Keberle, who began featuring her vocals in arrangements for his Pan-American ensemble Catharsis. She has since carved out a distinctive voice as a composer, most vividly through her eight-piece Nectar Orchestra.

Dan Wilson likewise came to prominence as a sideman, touring extensively with Hammond B3 legend Joey DeFrancesco and later with bass virtuoso Christian McBride. Deeply inspired by guitar masters Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Joe Pass, and George Benson, Wilson came up playing in church, and his phrasing carries that sanctified grounding. With the release of his fourth album as a leader, Things Eternal, last year, he cemented his status as one of jazz’s most expressive and accomplished guitarists.

Personnel:

• Camila Meza, guitar
• Dan Wilson, guitar
• Additional personnel TBA