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Artist Selects
Released: Oct 4, 2005
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Released: Oct 4, 2005
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Composer, bandleader, and arranger Gerald Wilson compiled this 16-track selection of personal favorites, offering an excellent introduction to his Pacific Jazz recordings. During the four-year...
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In My Time
Released: Sep 27, 2005
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Released: Sep 27, 2005
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Veteran arranger Gerald Wilson utilized a New York band full of all-stars for this very rewarding and memorable project. Three of the selections ("Dorian," "Ray's Vision at the U," and "Blues for...
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New York, New Sound
Released: Aug 26, 2003
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Released: Aug 26, 2003
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New York isn't a name that one ordinarily expects to see in the title of a Gerald Wilson album. Wilson, after all, has long been associated with the Los Angeles jazz scene; he started recording...
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1945-1946
Released: Apr 7, 1998
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Released: Apr 7, 1998
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These are the first recordings to appear under the name of Gerald Wilson. Schooled at Cass Technical College in Detroit and seasoned on the road with Jimmie Lunceford, Wilson started leading his...
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Theme for Monterey
Released: Mar 24, 1998
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Released: Mar 24, 1998
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In 1997, bandleader/arranger Gerald Wilson was commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival to write an original piece to be performed at that year's festival. Wilson's goal was to compose a melody...
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The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of Gerald Wilson & His Orchestra
Released: 2000
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Released: 2000
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It's fitting that Mosaic was able to license Gerald Wilson's Pacific Jazz recordings rather than his earlier work from the '40s and '50s, when he was in the shadow of his compadres Ellington and...
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Cruisin' with Gerald
Released: 1945
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Released: 1945
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Bandleader Gerald Wilson's Los Angeles recordings of 1945-49 are among the rarest of his career. Of the 38 selections that he recorded for such labels as Excelsior, Black & White, United Artists...
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