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Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s.
Sep 9, 2014 · Gerald Wilson, the dynamic jazz big band leader, composer and arranger whose career spanned more than 75 years, has died. He was 96. Wilson's son, jazz guitarist Anthony Wilson, said his...
Sep 15, 2014 · Composer, bandleader and jazz trumpeter who put together many all-star big bands. Peter Vacher. Mon 15 Sep 2014 11.52 EDT. Watching Gerald Wilson, who has died aged 96, direct an orchestra...
Sep 9, 2014 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gerald Wilson, the dynamic jazz musician whose career spanned more than 75 years, has died. He was 96. Wilson’s son, Anthony Wilson, said his father died Monday at his Los Angeles home from pneumonia. The big band leader began his career in the 1930s as a trumpeter for Jimmy Lunceford’s band before forming his own group in 1944.
Moment of Truth is an album that the Gerald Wilson Big Band recorded in 1962 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
