Results for "Gerald Wilson"

Gerald Wilson Orchestra: In My Time

by Jim Santella
December 14, 2005

Gerald Wilson has contributed prolifically to modern jazz while serving as an educator for generations of practicing musicians. Coming through his bands is like going to college with one eye on the books and one eye on learning things the right way. He's turned out some mighty fine jazz artists in his time, and he's influenced ...

Gerald Wilson: The Artist Selects

by Jerry D'Souza
November 15, 2005

Blue Note recently launched a series of recordings on which the artist selects the music--called, appropriately enough, “The Artist Selects." Gerald Wilson, who made several strong records for Pacific Jazz in the sixties, gets his due on this compilation. Wilson brings some sentiment into his selections. There is a tune that he wrote for his wife, ...

Gerald Wilson Orchestra: In My Time

by Jack Bowers
November 6, 2005

While the question of who's our finest contemporary big band composer/arranger could be debated for days on end without any resolution, there's no doubt about who's the dean. Gerald Wilson, who celebrated his 87th birthday in September, wrote his first chart ("Yard Dog Mazurka ) for the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra circa 1940. In case you're keeping ...

Gerald Wilson

by WBGO 88.3FM
May 17, 2004

Gary Walker:The winner and recipient of so many awards that if I listed the mall, we’d be here the whole hour. Nominated six times for a Grammy award. An NEA recipient as a jazz master. His works are ensconced in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. He’s asked for them back by the way... No, he hasn’t. ...

Grammy Salute To Jazz, Honoring Clark Terry & Gerald Wilson

February 3, 2004

Recording Academy Announces Grammy “Salute To Jazz" Event to Honor Jazz Greats Clark Terry and Gerald Wilson As part of the week-long GRAMMY celebration of events taking place throughout Los Angeles, the Recording Academy announced the initiation of a new event titled GRAMMY Salute To Jazz. This celebratory gathering, to be held on Wednesday, February 4 ...

New York, New Sound

By Gerald Wilson

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Milestones 2. Blues for the Count 3. Equinox 4. Viva Tirado (Mucho Mas) 5. Teri 6. Blues for Yna Yna 7. Theme for Monterey: 8. M Capetillo 9. Josefina 10. Nancy Jo

Gerald Wilson Orchestra: New York, New Sound

by Russell Moon
October 14, 2003

The great West Coast arranger Gerald Wilson has taken the charts from some of his most popular recordings, brought them to New York, and recorded with a band made up of many widely respected musicians. The result is New York, New Sound on Stix Hooper's Mack Avenue label. There is good and bad news here. The ...

Gerald Wilson Orchestra: New York, New Sound

by J. Robert Bragonier
October 14, 2003

Of all of the historic big bands of the ‘40s, none has been more perennially overlooked than that of Gerald Wilson. For those of us on the left coast who wear insecurity on our sleeves like epaulets, the fact that Wilson’s career has primarily been associated with the Los Angeles jazz scene seems explanation enough for ...

A Fireside Chat With Gerald Wilson

by AAJ Staff
October 10, 2003

Within the pages of Central Avenue Sounds, Gerald Wilson recalls, “In February of 1940 I came to Los Angeles with the Jimmie Lunceford band.” He emphasizes, “I’ll never forget that day in February. As I looked out the window of my bunk in the sleeper, I see this beautiful sunshine. We were somewhere like San Bernardino. ...

The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra

By Gerald Wilson

Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: DISC ONE
Blues For Yna Yna, Jeri, Moody Blue, Straight Up And Down, The Wailer, You Better Believe It, Yvette, Viva Tirado, Moment Of Truth, Patterns, Teri, Nancy Jo, Milestones, Latino, Josefina, Emerge

DISC TWO
So What, Caprichos, Paco, Ravi, Aram, 'Round Midnight, Eric, Los Moros De Espana, Who Can I Turn To, Ricardo, Musette, In The Limelight, Lighthouse Blues, El Viti, Lately, Perdido

DISC THREE
When I'm Feeling Kinda Blue, Freddie Freeloader, Do Anything You Wanna, Yesterday, Watermelon Man, Yeh Yeh, One On The House, I Got You (I Feel Good), I Concentrate On You, Well Son Shuffle, The Golden Sword, Man Of La Mancha, The Breeze And I, Carlos, Chanson Du Feu Follet (Song Of The Mad Fire), Mi Corazon, Blues Latinese, The Feather, La Mentira (The Lie), The Serpent

DISC FOUR
Paper Man, I Should Care, I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good), The "IT's" Where It's At, Blues For A Scorpio, L'il Darlin', Misty, Viva Tirado, Everywhere, Out Of This World, Pretty Polly, M. Capetillo, Little Bit Of Soul, Do I Love You (Because You're Beautiful?), Del Olivar, Mini Waltz

DISC FIVE
California Soul, Light My Fire, Channel Island, Lullaby From Rosemary's Baby, Sunshine Of Your Love, Russian River, Yesterlove, Down Here On The Ground, El Presidente, Equinox, Aquarius, Pisces, Scorpio Rising, Celestial Soul, Baby, Baby Don't Cry, You, Me And Now, Bluesnee