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Wiggins, Gerald

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Personal name headingWiggins, Gerald
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Variant(s)Wiggins, Gerry
Birth date1922-05-12
Death date2008-07-13
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Pianists
Found inStarr, K. I cry by night [SR] 1962: label (Gerald Wiggins)
Hamilton, S. Radio city [SR] p1990: container (Gerry Wiggins, piano)
Los Angeles times WWW site, July 16, 2008 (in obituary published July 15: Gerald Wiggins; b. May 12, 1922, New York; d. Sunday morning [July 13, 2008], aged 86; jazz pianist whose long career embraced numerous recordings with his trio, performances with Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge, Zoot Sims, accompaniment for Lena Horne and Nat "King" Cole, and vocal coaching for Marilyn Monroe)