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  • Country / United States
  • Time Span / 1918 – 2014

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Influenced By (1)

Duke Ellington

Influence On (2)

El Chicano, Jack Cooper

Genres

Jazz Funk / Soul Pop Blues Latin

Styles

Big Band Soul-Jazz Rhythm & Blues Vocal Soul Swing Easy Listening Bop Jazz-Funk Contemporary Jazz Cool Jazz Post Bop Latin Jazz Funk Country Ballad

Gerald Wilson

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. He arranged music for Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Julie London, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Nancy Wilson. Continue reading on Wikipedia

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