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"Remembering Jimmie Lunceford, The Master Teacher Of Swing: An Interview With Jazz Great & Lunceford Orchestra Alum Gerald Wilson"
Jazz great Gerald Wilson was born Sept. 4, 1918 in Shelby, Ms. Wilson went to Manassas School several years after Jimmie Lunceford left but finished up at Cass Tech High School in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra at age 19 in 1939. He wrote the swing jazz standards “Hi Spook” & “Yard Dog Mazurka” for the Lunceford Orchestra. He was also featured with the Lunceford Orchestra in the popular era movie, “Blues In The Night” in 1941.
At 92, He still teaches at UCLA (at one point he taught arguably the largest jazz history class in the world) and won a Teacher Of The Year Award in 2006!!! Mr. Wilson still leads his own very successful big band which also features Lunceford Alum Snooky Young...He wrote the 50th Anniversary theme song for The Monterrey Jazz Festival and the 30th Anniversary theme song the Detroit Jazz Festival, the largest free jazz festival in the country...
Jazz great Gerald Wilson was born Sept. 4, 1918 in Shelby, Ms. Wilson went to Manassas School several years after Jimmie Lunceford left but finished up at Cass Tech High School in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra at age 19 in 1939. He wrote the swing jazz standards “Hi Spook” & “Yard Dog Mazurka” for the Lunceford Orchestra. He was also featured with the Lunceford Orchestra in the popular era movie, “Blues In The Night” in 1941.
At 92, He still teaches at UCLA (at one point he taught arguably the largest jazz history class in the world) and won a Teacher Of The Year Award in 2006!!! Mr. Wilson still leads his own very successful big band which also features Lunceford Alum Snooky Young...He wrote the 50th Anniversary theme song for The Monterrey Jazz Festival and the 30th Anniversary theme song the Detroit Jazz Festival, the largest free jazz festival in the country...
Gerald Wilson is also a 2007 Jimmie Lunceford Legacy Awardee for his great contributions to music and music education...
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