Wilson, Gerald Stanley, 1918-2014
Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918, Shelby, Mississippi – September 8, 2014, Los Angeles, California) 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.
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| referencedIn | Duke Ellington recordings collection | Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard College Library | |
| creatorOf | Fitzgerald, Ella. Ella Fitzgerald collection, 1956-1992 (bulk 1960-1985). | Library of Congress | |
| referencedIn | The Benny Goodman Papers, 1910-1992, inclusive | Irving S. Gilmore Music Library | |
| referencedIn | John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Ella Fitzgerald Collection, 1956-1992, (bulk 1960-1985) | Library of Congress. Music Division | |
| referencedIn | News Service Biographical Files, ., circa 1930s - 2004 | University Archives, Duke University. | |
| creatorOf | John R. Tumpak Big Band Oral History Collection | National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center |
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| correspondedWith | Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969 | person |
| associatedWith | Dodge, Joseph Jeffers | person |
| associatedWith | Duke University. News Service. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Fitzgerald, Ella. | person |
| associatedWith | Fitzgerald, Ella. | person |
| associatedWith | Goodman, Benny, 1909- | person |
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Birth 1918-09-04
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