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Feelin' Kinda Blues
''Feelin' Kinda Blues'' is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1965 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. accessed December 15, 2015 Reception rated the album with 4 stars; in his review, Scott Yanow said: "Surprisingly Wilson did not contribute any of the ten songs but his arrangements make all of the pieces sound fresh and swinging".Track listing # "When I'm Feeling Kinda Blue" () - 3:40 # " |
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 (jazz singer), Nancy Wilson. Early life Wilson was born in Shelby, Mississippi, and at the age of 16 moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he graduated from Cass Technical High School (one of his classmates was saxophonist Wardell Gray).Peter Vacher"Gerald Wilson obituary" ''The Guardian'', 15 September 2014. He joined the Jimmie Lunceford orchestra in 1939, replacing its trumpeter and arranger, Sy Oliver. While with Lunceford, Wilson contributed songs to the band, including "Hi Spook" and "Yard-dog Mazurka", the first influenced by Duke Ellington, Ellington's recording of " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
