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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. [2]
Sep 10, 2014 · Gerald Stanley Wilson was born on Sept. 4, 1918, in Shelby, Miss. He began playing piano at 4, learning from his mother, who taught music and other subjects in Shelby’s segregated black schools.
Sep 8, 2014 · Gerald Wilson was a trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader who influenced many jazz musicians with his use of multiple harmonies and Mexican culture. He led his own big bands, worked for Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie, and received the NEA Jazz Master award in 1990.
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May 14, 2018 · Learn about Gerald Wilson, a jazz arranger and band leader who worked with Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and others. Find out his biography, discography, awards and sources.
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 ...
Sep 9, 2014 · Updated 5:33 AM PDT, September 9, 2014. LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 father died Monday at his Los Angeles home from pneumonia. The big band leader began his career ...
Sep 15, 2014 · Wilson is survived by Josefina, his daughters, Jeri and Nancy Jo, his son, Anthony, who is a jazz guitarist, and four grandchildren. Gerald Stanley Wilson, composer, bandleader and jazz trumpeter ...
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