# State Street Sweet

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/State_Street_Sweet
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/State_Street_Sweet.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Street_Sweet
> Source revision: 1326328469
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = State Street Sweet
| type       = Album
| artist     = [Gerald Wilson](/source/Gerald_Wilson) Orchestra
| cover      = State Street Sweet.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1995
| recorded   = 1994
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     = 56:25
| label      = [MAMA](/source/Summit_Records)<br><small>MMF 1010</small>
| producer   = Douglas Evans and Gerald Wilson
| chronology = [Gerald Wilson](/source/Gerald_Wilson)
| prev_title = [Jenna](/source/Jenna_(album))
| prev_year  = 1989
| next_title = [Theme for Monterey](/source/Theme_for_Monterey)
| next_year  = 1997
}}

'''''State Street Sweet''''' is an album by the [Gerald Wilson](/source/Gerald_Wilson) Orchestra recorded in 1994 and released on the [MAMA](/source/Summit_Records) 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](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
|rev2 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/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](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz) |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books) |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1517}}</ref>
}}
[AllMusic](/source/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](/source/Torna_a_Surriento)" ([Ernesto De Curtis](/source/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](/source/Gerald_Wilson) - [arranger](/source/arrangement), [conductor](/source/conducting)
*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](/source/Bobby_Shew) (tracks 3 & 6–9), Frank Szabo (tracks 1–5 & 10),  [Snooky Young](/source/Snooky_Young) -[trumpet](/source/trumpet) 
*[Thurman Green](/source/Thurman_Green) (tracks 1–5 & 10), Alex Iles (tracks 6–9), Charlie Loper, Ira Nepus - [trombone](/source/trombone)
*Maurice Spears - [bass trombone](/source/bass_trombone)
*John Stephens, Randall Willis - [alto saxophone](/source/alto_saxophone)
*[Plas Johnson](/source/Plas_Johnson) (track 4), Carl Randall, Louis Taylor - [tenor saxophone](/source/tenor_saxophone)
*[Jack Nimitz](/source/Jack_Nimitz) - [baritone saxophone](/source/baritone_saxophone)
*Brian O'Rourke - [piano](/source/piano)
*Eric Otis (tracks 3 & 7), [Anthony Wilson](/source/Anthony_Wilson_(musician)) - [guitar](/source/guitar) 
*Trey Henry - [bass](/source/double_bass) 
*Mel Lee - [drums](/source/drum_kit)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Gerald Wilson}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Gerald Wilson albums
Category:1995 albums
Category:Albums arranged by Gerald Wilson
Category:Albums conducted by Gerald Wilson

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [State Street Sweet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Street_Sweet) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Street_Sweet?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.