Gerald Wilson Orchestra

About the artist

Gerald Stanley Wilson was born Sept. 04, 1918 in Shelby, Mississippi. He played trumpet and was active in the jazz seen in the 1940s - 2000s. He is mainly known in Los Angeles and the West Coast jazz scenes. In 1932, he moved with his family from Memphis to Detroit. In Detroit, he studied music in high school and played with the Plantation Music Orchestra. Eventually, Wilson would write scores for Ellington, Basie, and Gillespie. In the fifties

Top songs

  1. Carlos
  2. Equinox
  3. California Soul
  4. So What
  5. Sax Chase
  6. Jingle Bells
  7. Bluies For Yna Yna
  8. Viva Tirado
  9. The Feather
  10. Blues On Belle Isle
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  1. Love For Sale
  2. Lakeshore Drive
  3. Aram
  4. Caprichos
  5. Jeri
  6. Lighthouse Blues
  7. Everywhere
  8. Paco
  9. Cass Tech
  10. Detroit
  11. Miss Gretchen
  12. Milestones
  13. Musette
  14. Dissonance In Blues
  15. The Golden Sword
  16. Groovin' High
  17. Nancy Jo
  18. The Detroit River
  19. I Concentrate on You
  20. A.E.N.
  21. Light My Fire
  22. Cruisin' With Cab
  23. Monterey Moods Suite: I. Allegro
  24. Before Motown
  25. The Mini Waltz
  26. Man Of La Mancha
  27. Scorpio Rising
  28. Well, Son, Shuffle
  29. Aquarius
  30. Bluesnee
  31. California Soul - Remastered 2000
  32. The Breeze And I
  33. Lomelin
  34. Jammin' in C
  35. Teri
  36. The Serpent
  37. Paco - Remastered 2000
  38. Blues for Yna Yna
  39. Celestial Soul
  40. Pisces
  41. State Street Sweet
  42. 'Round Midnight
  43. Sunshine Of Your Love
  44. Blues For The Count
  45. Well, Son, Shuffle (Remastered 2000)
  46. La Mentira (The Lie)
  47. Blues For Manhattan (The Diminished Triangle)
  48. Blues Latinese
  49. Dorian (The Diminished Triangle)
  50. Ravi
  51. Variation On a Theme By Giacomo Puccini
  52. Josefina
  53. Moment Of Truth
  54. Theme For Monterey
  55. You Better Believe It
  56. The Feather (From "Teatihuacan Suite")
  57. You, Me and Now
  58. Chanson Du Feu Follet (Song Of The Mad Fire)
  59. Mi Corazon (My Heart)
  60. Come Back to Sorrento
  61. Channel Island
  62. A.E.N
  63. Russian River
  64. Monterey Moods Suite: VII. Hard Swing
  65. Virgo
  66. A Jazz Mecca
  67. Down Here On The Ground
  68. Variations on Clair de Lune
  69. Lullaby From Rosemary's Baby
  70. Monterey Moods Suite: II. Jazz Swing Waltz
  71. Perdido
  72. The Serpent (From "Teatihuacan Suite")
  73. Monterey Moods Suite: III. Ballad
  74. M Capetillo
  75. Eric
  76. September Sky
  77. Allegro
  78. Monterey Moods Suite: IV. Latin Swing
  79. Little Bit Of Soul
  80. Ray's Vision At The U (The Diminished Triangle)
  81. Yvette
  82. Yesterlove
  83. Do Anything You Wanna
  84. Dorian
  85. El Presidente
  86. Watermelon Man
  87. Monterey Moods Suite: V. Blues
  88. Freddie Freeloader
  89. Variation on a Theme by Igor Stravinsky
  90. Baby, Baby Don't You Cry

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