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It's the Economy, Man!
by Jack Bowers
Even though the present (and future) state of the economy here in the States is no laughing matter, there has been at least one tongue-in-cheek article about jazz musicians seeking bailout money from Congress and the Bush administration (still in power when it was written last December). It's presented as a straight “news" story, but musicians' ...
Gerald Wiggins Public Memorial Set
Tribute to jazz pianist Gerald Wiggins set for July 28th in Los Angeles A public memorial tribute to jazz pianist Gerald Wiggins is scheduled for 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. July 28 at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, 4718 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles. Wiggins died July 13 at age 86. Continue for LA Times Full ...
Gerald Wiggins, 86; Jazz Pianist Performed with Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Others
Gerald Wiggins, a jazz pianist whose long career embraced numerous recordings with his trio, performances with Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge, Zoot Sims, accompaniment for Lena Horne and Nat “King" Cole, and vocal coaching for Marilyn Monroe, has died. He was 86. Wiggins died Sunday morning at Encino-Tarzana Medical Center, where he had spent the ...
Goodbye, Gerald Wiggins
DevraDoWrite reports that Gerald Wiggins died this morning in Los Angeles at the age of eighty-six. Encouraged when he was a youngster by Art Tatum, for decades Wiggins was revered by listeners and musicians--particularly by other pianists. Anyone familiar with his playing could recognize him immediately by his harmonic acuity, touch, use of space and wry ...
Gerry Wiggins: Wiggin' Out
by Derek Taylor
Sharing a similar background with many of his fellow organ grinders Wiggins’ first instrument was piano. On this disc he sounds somewhat intoxicated by the sonic possibilities available to him on the electric keyboard and as a result his approach isn’t immediately endearing and takes some getting used to. Favoring a syrupy sustain and an almost ...
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By Joe Morello
Label: Intro Records
Released: 1957
Track listing: Tenor Blooz;
You're Driving Me Crazy;
Sweet Georgia Brown;
Little Girl;
Pepper Steak;
Have You Met Miss Jones;
Yardbird Suite;
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You;
I've Got The World On A String;
Straigt Life.
