Wilson Shook (seattle)
alto saxophone

gallery1412.org/wilsonshook.html
nohaymasburro@yahoo.com.ar

Wilson Shook is an improvising saxophonist living in Seattle, Washington.  

Wilson’s music emphasizes focus, texture, chance and exploration.  It is ‘new music’ in that it explores each new moment and seeks to develop a critical awareness of the present.  

Sonically, Wilson's music is informed by lower case and minimalist aesthetics, while embracing the full range of his instrument.  He is especially interested in incidental or 'between' sounds: material that exists on the edges and in the cracks of the conventional sonic palate.

As an artist and activist, Wilson is concerned with the actualization of feminist and libertarian ethics.  Investigating the interplay between artistic freedom and freedom at large, Wilson views improvisation as a model of interaction that can inform diverse situations and relationships.

Wilson currently performs solo, as well as with the Gust Burns Quartet, 'A Saxophone Quartet' (with Paul Hoskin, Kelvin Pittman and Tyler Wilcox), bst.cr (with Ben Bennett and Ryan Jewell) and in various ad hoc and piece-oriented collaborations.

Previous and continuing collaborators include: Gust Burns, Carol Genetti, Bonnie Jones, Jack Wright, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Bob Marsh, Nate Wooley, Gino Robair, Tyler Wilcox, Greg Kelley, Jaimie Branch, Jacob Wick, Jonathan Zorn, Mark Collins, Teri Nelson-Zagar, Dave Knott, and many others.

Wilson is the director of Gallery 1412, an artists’ collective and performance space, and is a member of the Seattle Improvised Music board of directors.