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The Gerald Wilson Orchestra comes out swinging on this CD, recorded in New York with an all-star cast. From the opening "Sax Chase, Wilson and orchestra wend their way through eight Wilson originals ...

Every September since 1958, the Monterey Jazz Festival has transformed the municipal fairgrounds into a vast, sun-speckled, starlit, warm-days/cool-nights California music weekend. Excitement is in ...

Bandleader Gerald Wilson, a prime member of the Los Angeles jazz community for more than six decades, is retiring from his position as a member of the UCLA jazz studies faculty. Tonight, a tribute ...

Having performed with Paul McCartney, Diana Krall and Norah Jones, and with a father who was a legendary musician and bandleader, Anthony Wilson has not a problem making a name for himself. The son of ...

"I don't know anyone else that orchestrates for a big band," Otis says. "It's kind of intimidating, you know, to get people to understand the depth of it. That's the hard part of it as a young ...

While the question of who's our finest contemporary big band composer/arranger could be debated for days on end without any resolution, there's no doubt about who's the dean. Gerald Wilson, who ...