{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = State Street Sweet | type = Album | artist = Gerald Wilson Orchestra | cover = State Street Sweet.jpg | alt = | released = 1995 | recorded = 1994 | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 56:25 | label = MAMA<br><small>MMF 1010</small> | producer = Douglas Evans and Gerald Wilson | chronology = Gerald Wilson | prev_title = Jenna | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = Theme for Monterey | next_year = 1997 }}
'''''State Street Sweet''''' is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1994 and released on the MAMA label.<ref>[http://www.summitrecords.com/release/state-street-sweet-the-gerald-wilson-orchestra-2/ Summit Records catalog], accessed August 26, 2016</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> |rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1517}}</ref> }} AllMusic rated the album with 4½ stars; in his review, Scott Yanow noted: "this edition of the Gerald Wilson Orchestra is quite strong but it is the leader's colorful and distinctive arrangements that give the band its personality. Recommended".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id= mw0000645243 |title=''State Street Sweet'' – Review |accessdate=August 26, 2016}}</ref>
== Track listing == All compositions by Gerald Wilson except where noted. # "State Street Sweet" - 2:46 # "Lake Shore Drive" - 6:04 # "Lighthouse Blues" - 7:48 # "Come Back to Sorrento" (Ernesto De Curtis) - 5:19 # "The Serpent" - 4:03 # "The Feather" - 5:54 # "Caprichos" - 6:28 # "Jammin' in C" - 8:47 # "Carlos" - 6:35 # "Nancy Jo" - 2:21
== Personnel == *Gerald Wilson - arranger, conductor *Ron Barrows (track 9), Bob Clark (tracks 3, 4 & 6–9), George Graham (tracks 1–5 & 10), Tony Lujan (tracks: 1, 2 & 5–10), Bobby Shew (tracks 3 & 6–9), Frank Szabo (tracks 1–5 & 10), Snooky Young -trumpet *Thurman Green (tracks 1–5 & 10), Alex Iles (tracks 6–9), Charlie Loper, Ira Nepus - trombone *Maurice Spears - bass trombone *John Stephens, Randall Willis - alto saxophone *Plas Johnson (track 4), Carl Randall, Louis Taylor - tenor saxophone *Jack Nimitz - baritone saxophone *Brian O'Rourke - piano *Eric Otis (tracks 3 & 7), Anthony Wilson - guitar *Trey Henry - bass *Mel Lee - drums
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Category:Gerald Wilson albums Category:1995 albums Category:Albums arranged by Gerald Wilson Category:Albums conducted by Gerald Wilson