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Monterey Moods

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Monterey Moods Suite: Allegro, Jazz Swing Waltz, Ballad, Latin Swing, Blues, Bass Solo, Hard Swing; I Concentrate on You; The Mini Waltz.

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Article: Album Review

Gerald Wilson Orchestra: Monterey Moods

Read "Monterey Moods" reviewed by Jack Bowers


A decade ago, when he was commissioned to write music to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Monterey Jazz Festival, Gerald Wilson produced the memorable, double Grammy Award-nominated Theme for Monterey (MAMA Records,1998). Now the 89-year-old dean of American Jazz composers has scored another triumph, saluting the festival's golden anniversary with a picturesque seven-part suite, Monterey ...

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News: Event

Jazz Great Gerald Wilson to Speak at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

Jazz Great Gerald Wilson to Speak at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

DETROIT--The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in partnership with Detroit Jazz Fest will present “A Conversation with Gerald Wilson" in the General Motors Auditorium, Saturday, December 1, at 3pm, as part of the Noel Night festivities in the University District. The event is free and open to the public. Joining Gerald Wilson in ...

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Perdido

Featuring the music of Gerald Wilson
Duration: 4:25

Gerald Wilson's big band performs "Pperdido" in this 1965 clip. Solists include Joe Maini, Teddy Edwards, Jack Nimitz, Mel Lewis, and Wilson himself.
Album

In My Time

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Sax Chase; Dorian; Ray's Vision of The U; Blues for Manhattan; Lomelin; AEN; Musette; So What; Love For Sale; Jeri.

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Article: Album Review

Gerald Wilson Orchestra: In My Time

Read "In My Time" reviewed by Marcia Hillman


The Gerald Wilson Orchestra comes out swinging on this CD, recorded in New York with an all-star cast. From the opening “Sax Chase, Wilson and orchestra wend their way through eight Wilson originals and reworkings of two standards, Miles Davis' “So What and Cole Porter's “Love For Sale. The octogenerian leader pays no ...

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Article: Interview

Gerald Wilson: In His Time

Read "Gerald Wilson: In His Time" reviewed by Rex  Butters


At 87, Gerald Wilson casts a long shadow over the history of jazz. His new collection In My Time sizzles with power and joy, as a New York allstar ensemble ignites his dazzling arrangements. His musical associations and friendships catalogue some of the best musicians of the last 60 years: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, ...

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Gerald Wilson Orchestra: In My Time

Read "In My Time" reviewed by Edward Blanco


We are fortunate that jazz has been touched by men like Gerald Wilson. Many legends have passed through this music, leaving us with memories of performances and recordings that will remain long beyond their time. Recorded in our time from a man for all time, In My Time is Wilson's second album for Mack Avenue Records ...

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The Artist Selects

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Blues for Yna Yna; Jeri; Moody Blue; Nancy Jo; Teri; Viva Torado; Milestones; Josephina; Paco; 'Round Midnight; Eric; Lighthouse Blues; El Viti; Carlos; The Feather; The Serpent.

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In My Time

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Sax Chase; The Diminished Triangle (Dorian/Ray


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