Sarah Wilson - Incandescence

Community spirit has been a constant in the work of composer and trumpet player Sarah Wilson , whose experiences and inspirations have ranged from socially conscious puppet theater to brass band and New Orleans traditions to her own illuminating style of jazz. When musicians are truly inspired and connected with one another, Wilson describes, time seems to stand still for artist and listener alike. “Time just evaporates,” Wilson says, “and you’re completely immersed in feeling the euphoria and joy of being in this creative moment. You forget everything else that is happening in space and time, while paradoxically the music is moving through time.” During a 2023 artist residency in Krems, Austria, the Bay Area-based Wilson experienced a similar epiphany when she encountered the paintings of Viennese artist Thomas Reinhold . One of the founding figures of German “New Painting” or “Junge Wilde,” Reinhold’s large- scale work combines architectural planning with the chance effects of time. Wilson’s reaction to the paintings inspired the music on Incandescence , the joy-fueled new album by her sextet Brass Tonic . Out July 18, 2025 via Wilson’s own Brass Tonic Records and co-produced by Wilson and Grammy Award-winning producer Hans Wendl , Incandescence was commissioned by InterMusic SF’s Musical Grant Program. It draws equal inspiration from Reinhold’s bold, multi-hued abstracts and from the street- level, community-spirited traditions of brass band, marching and New Orleans parade music. In Brass Tonic, Wilson combines an all-woman horn frontline – herself, alto saxophonist Kasey Knudsen , and trombonist Mara Fox – with the buoyant rhythm section of guitarist John Schott , bassist Lisa Mezzacappa , and, for this recording, drummers Jon Arkin and Tim Bulkley . Support the show

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Sarah Wilson - Incandescence is an episode from The Jazz Podcast by Rob Cope.

This episode is 42:48 long.

This episode was published on Dec 14, 2025.

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