While their roots are in Jazz and focus is always on the vocal harmony, they draw from their love of a wide range of musical styles incorporating Brazilian and Afro-Cuban rhythms, as well as R and B and pop influences…a Great Sound!

Born and raised in Bronxville, N.Y., saxophonist Dave Wilson began his music studies in the fourth grade. Wilson has evolved into a striking saxophonist with chops and maturity of tone that invokes passions and enthusiasm when listening to his vocabulary in jazz. He has studied with the saxophonists Joe Lovano, Bill Barron, Ralph Lalama, Tim Price, Glenn Guidone, Tom Stroman, as well as with guitarist Steve Giordano and pianist Kirk Reese.
“As the leader of his own contemporary jazz group, the Dave Wilson Quartet, Wilson and his band mates are known for their exciting improvisations, creative individualistic compositions and unique arrangements of standards. Wilson also led the Canal Street Hot 6, a well known Traditional/New Orleans ensemble for many years, with the trumpet Ben Mauger, one of the top purveyors of this genre on the East Coast. They released the CD, “Back In the Day”. The Canal Street Hot 6 made numerous appearances on the East coast including at the Hot Steam Jazz Festival in Essex, CT, the Suncoast Jazz Society in Clearwater, Fla, The Tri-State Jazz Society (Philadelphia/New Jersey/Delaware), Pennsylvania Jazz Society, and at Baltimore’s Camden Yards. His current Traditional Jazz Group, Dave Wilson’s Rampart Street Ramblers, features an all-star lineup including some of the top names in Mid Atlantic Trad circles, and has already made some major appearances including the 2010 September concert for the Tri-State Jazz Society.”