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