Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American

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trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. He arranged music for

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Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...

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, and Nancy Wilson.

Early life

Wilson was born in

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, and at the age of 16 moved to

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, where he graduated from

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(one of his classmates was saxophonist

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).Peter Vacher
"Gerald Wilson obituary"
''The Guardian'', 15 September 2014. He joined the

Jimmie Lunceford James Melvin Lunceford (June 6, 1902 – July 12, 1947) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era. Early life Lunceford was born on a farm in the Evergreen community, west of the Tombigbee River, near Fulton, ...

orchestra in 1939, replacing its trumpeter and arranger,

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. While with Lunceford, Wilson contributed songs to the band, including "Hi Spook" and "Yard-dog Mazurka", the first influenced by Ellington's recording of " Caravan" and the latter an influence on

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's "Intermission Riff".William Yardley
"Gerald Wilson, Versatile Jazz Arranger, Is Dead at 96"
''The New York Times'', September 9, 2014. During

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, Wilson also performed for a brief time with the U.S. Navy, with

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, Willie Smith and Jimmy Nottingham. Around 2005, many of the members of the band reunited as The Great Lakes Experience Big Band" with Wilson conducting. making a guest appearance at the invitation of Clark Terry. Wilson also played and arranged for the bands of

Career

Wilson formed his own band, with some success in the mid-1940s. Wilson and His 20-Pc. Recording Orchestra performed at the famed twelfth Cavalcade of Jazz held at

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in Los Angeles which was produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. on September 2, 1956. Also performing that day were

, The Mel Williams Dots, Julie Stevens,

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, Chuck Higgin's Orchestra, Willie Hayden & Five Black Birds, The Premiers, Bo Rhambo, and Jerry Gray and his Orchestra. In 1960, he formed a Los Angeles-based band that began a series of critically acclaimed recordings for the Pacific Jazz label. His 1968 album ''California Soul'' featured a title track written by Ashford & Simpson, as well as a version of

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' hit " Light My Fire". Musicians in the band at various times included lead trumpeter

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, trumpet soloist Carmell Jones and saxophonists

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, Joe Maini,

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, and Don Raffell. The rhythm section included guitarist Joe Pass,

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, vibists

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and

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, and drummers

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and Mel Lee. Wilson's wife of more than 50 years, Josefina Villasenor Wilson, is Mexican-American, and a number of his compositions showed his love of Spanish/Mexican themes, especially "Viva Tirado", which later became a hit for the rock band El Chicano. With his wife, Wilson had three daughters (Jeri, Lillian (Teri) and Nancy Jo), his son Anthony (who is the guitarist for

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), and a number of grandchildren, all of whom have songs composed for them—his compositions were often inspired by his family members. Wilson continued leading bands and recording in later decades for the

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and MAMA labels. Recent musicians included Luis Bonilla, Rick Baptist, Randall Willis, Wilson's son-in-law

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and son Anthony Wilson (both guitarists); his grandson Eric Otis also played on such recordings. Wilson continued to record Spanish-flavored compositions, notably the bravura trumpet solos "Carlos" (named for Mexican matador Carlos Arruza, and recorded three times over the years, featuring trumpeters Jimmy Owens,

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, and Ron Barrows) and "Lomelin" (also named for a matador—Antonio Lomelin—and recorded twice, with solos by Oscar Brashear and Jon Faddis). Gerald S

The National Endowment for the Arts named Wilson an NEA Jazz Master in 1990. In 1998 Wilson received a commission from the

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for an original composition, resulting in "Theme for Monterey", which was performed at that year's festival. In later years, he formed orchestras on the West and East coasts, each with local outstanding musicians. He also made special appearances as guest conductor, including with the

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Jazz Band (now the Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of New York), the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble and European radio jazz orchestras, conducting the BBC Big Band in 2005. He hosted an innovative show, in the 1970s, on KBCA in Los Angeles, which was co-hosted by Dennis Smith, where he played "...music of the past, the present, and the future." Wilson was a member of the faculty at

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and the

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, for many years recently winning a "teacher of the year" award. In the 1970s he also served on the faculty at

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, where he taught Jazz History to wide acclaim among the student body, and has also taught at Cal Arts in Los Angeles. In February 2006,

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and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra performed his music with Gerald Wilson conducting. He had a unique style of conducting: "Garbed in well tailored suits, his long white hair flowing, Wilson shaped the music with dynamic movements and the elegant grace of a modern dancer." Asked about his style of conducting by

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on the NPR show ''

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'' in 2006, he replied, "It's different from any style you've ever seen before. I move. I choreograph the music as I conduct. You see, I point it out, everything you're to listen to." In June 2007, Wilson returned to the studio with producer Al Pryor and an all-star big band to record a special album of compositions commissioned and premiered at the

for the festival's 50th anniversary. Wilson had helped lead celebrations of the festival's 20th and 40th anniversary with his specially commissioned works (1998's Grammy-nominated album ''Theme for Monterey''). The album ''Monterey Moods'' was released on

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in September 2007. In September 2009, Wilson conducted his eight-movement suite "Detroit", commissioned by the Detroit Jazz Festival to mark its 30th anniversary. The work includes a movement entitled "Cass Tech" in honor of his high school alma mater. In 2011, his last recording was the Grammy-nominated ''Legacy''.

Death

Wilson died at his home in Los Angeles, California, on September 8, 2014, four days after his 96th birthday, after a brief illness that followed a bout of pneumonia, which had hospitalized him.

Awards and honors

*1990 NEA Jazz Masters Award *1996 Library of Congress Gerald Wilson archive of his life's work *1997 American Jazz Award: Best Arranger and Best Big Band *2008 Monterey Jazz Festival Jazz Legends Award *2012 Los Angeles County Museum of Art/Los Angeles Jazz Society L.A. Jazz Treasure Award Grammy nominations National Academy of Recordings Arts and Sciences reference page fo
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Discography

As leader

* 1945-46 - ''The Chronological Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra, 1945-46'' (

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, 1998) * 1946-54 - ''The Chronological Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra, 1946-54'' (Classics, 2007) * 1950-54 - ''Big Band Modern'' (The Jazz Factory, 2006) Contains the reissue of ''Big Band Modern'' (Audio Lab, 1959) plus a bonus of seven previously unisssued live tracks recorded 1950. * 1961-69 - ''The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings'' (

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, 2000 -CD boxset Contains all ten Pacific Jazz recordings listed below. * 1961 - '' You Better Believe It!'' ( Pacific Jazz, 1961) * 1962 - '' Moment of Truth'' (Pacific Jazz, 1962) * 1963-64 - '' Portraits'' (Pacific Jazz, 1964) * 1965 - '' On Stage'' (Pacific Jazz, 1965) * 1965 - '' Feelin' Kinda Blues'' (Pacific Jazz, 1966) * 1966 - '' The Golden Sword'' (Pacific Jazz, 1966) * 1967 - '' Live and Swinging'' (Pacific Jazz, 1967) * 1968 - ''

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'' (Pacific Jazz, 1968) * 1968 - '' California Soul'' (Pacific Jazz, 1968) * 1969 - '' Eternal Equinox'' (Pacific Jazz, 1969) * '' Lomelin'' (

, 1981) * '' Jessica'' (

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, 1982 983 * '' Calafia'' (Trend, 1984 985 * ''

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'' (Discovery, 1989 990 * '' State Street Sweet'' (MAMA Foundation/

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, 1994) * ''Suite Memories'' (MAMA Foundation, 1996) * '' Theme for Monterey'' (MAMA Foundation/Summit, 1997) * '' New York, New Sound'' ( Mack Avenue, 2003) * '' In My Time'' (Mack Avenue, 2005) * '' Monterey Moods'' (Mack Avenue, 2007) * ''

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'' (Mack Avenue, 2009) * ''

'' (Mack Avenue, 2011)

As co-leader/arranger

* 1961 - Les McCann, '' Les McCann Sings'' (Pacific Jazz, 1961) * 1962 - Nancy Wilson, '' Broadway – My Way'' (Capitol, 1963) * 1964 - Nancy Wilson, '' How Glad I Am'' (Capitol, 1964) * 1964 - Les McCann & Gerald Wilson, '' McCann/Wilson'' (Pacific Jazz, 1965) * 1965 -

, '' Feeling Good'' (Liberty, 1965) * 1965 -

, '' Sarah Sings Soulfully'' (

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, 1965) * 1969 -

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, '' Electric Connection'' (World Pacific, 1969)

As sideman

With

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* ''The Count'' (

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, 1958) * ''Shoutin' Blues 1949'' ( Bluebird, 1993) With

* '' Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music'' (

, 1962) also arranger * ''

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'' (ABC-Paramount, 1962) also arranger With Buddy Collette * '' Man of Many Parts'' (

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, 1956) * ''Buddy's Best'' (Dooto, 1958) * ''Polynesia'' (Music & Sound, 1959) With Curtis Counce * '' Carl's Blues'' (

, 1960) * '' Sonority'' (Contemporary, 1989) With

* '' Dance to the Duke!'' (Capitol, 1954) * ''

'' ( Columbia, 1959) * '' Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.'' (Columbia, 1960) * ''Piano in the Background'' (Columbia, 1962) With

* ''Lunceford Special'' (Columbia, 1956) reissued in 1967 * ''The Chronological Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra 1939-1940'' (Classics, 1991) With

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* ''Singin' the Blues'' (World Pacific, 1959) * '' 'Spoon'' (

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, 1961) * ''Roots'' (Reprise, 1962) With others *

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, ''75th Birthday Bash Live!'' (

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/EMI, 2006) * Red Callender, '' The Lowest'' (MetroJazz, 1958) *

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, ''

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'' ( Capitol, 1963) * Little Esther, ''Better Beware'' (Charly, 1990) * Neal Hefti, ''Jazz Pops'' (Reprise, 1962) * Carmell Jones, ''Business Meetin' '' (Pacific Jazz, 1962) * Tricky Lofton & Carmell Jones, ''Brass Bag'' (Pacific Jazz, 1962) * Googie Rene, ''Romesville!'' (Class, 1959) * Leroy Vinnegar, '' Leroy Walks!'' (Contemporary, 1958)

References

* Jürgen Wölfer, Gerald Wilson Discography, Almere (NL) 2012