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. In addition to being a ...
Orchestra recorded in 1994 and released on the
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AllMusic
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rated the album with 4½ stars; in his review, Scott Yanow noted: "this edition of the Gerald Wilson Orchestra is quite strong but it is the leader's colorful and distinctive arrangements that give the band its personality. Recommended".
Track listing
All compositions by Gerald Wilson except where noted.
# "State Street Sweet" - 2:46
# "Lake Shore Drive" - 6:04
# "Lighthouse Blues" - 7:48
# " Come Back to Sorrento" (
Ernesto De Curtis
Ernesto De Curtis (4 October 1875 – 31 December 1937) was an Italian composer.
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. In addition to being a ...
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arranger
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, conductor
*Ron Barrows (track 9), Bob Clark (tracks 3, 4 & 6-9), George Graham (tracks 1-5 & 10), Tony Lujan (tracks: 1, 2 & 5-10),
Bobby Shew
Bobby Shew (born March 4, 1941) is an American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player.
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He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. After leaving college in 1960, Shew was drafted into the U.S. Army and played trumpet and toured ...
(tracks 3 & 6-9), Frank Szabo (tracks 1-5 & 10),
Snooky Young
Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young (February 3, 1919 – May 11, 2011) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known for his mastery of the plunger mute, with which he was able to create a wide range of sounds.
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Young was lead trumpeter of th ...
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trumpet
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Thurman Green
Thurman Green (August 12, 1940 – June 19, 1997) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of the Horace Tapscott Quintet and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.
Green and Hamiet Bluiett were at the Navy School of Music together in 196 ...
(tracks 1-5 & 10), Alex Iles (tracks 6-9), Charlie Loper, Ira Nepus -
trombone
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bass trombone
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alto saxophone
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Plas Johnson
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tenor saxophone
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Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz (January 11, 1930 – June 10, 2009) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist. He was nicknamed "The Admiral".
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A native of Washington, D.C., Nimitz started on clarinet in his early teens before playing alto saxophone. Dur ...
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baritone saxophone
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piano
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guitar
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drums
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