LC control no. | n 83163533 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML410.W7147 Biography |
Personal name heading | Wilson, Gerald, 1918-2014 |
See also | Corporate body: Gerald Wilson Orchestra |
Birth date | 1918-09-04 |
Death date | 2014-09-08 |
Place of birth | Shelby (Miss.) |
Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
Field of activity | Jazz Big band music Arrangement (Music) |
Profession or occupation | Composers Arrangers (Musicians) Conductors (Music) Trumpet players Jazz musicians Disc jockeys |
Found in | Gerald Wilson Orchestra. The best of the Gerald Wilson Orchestra [SR] p1978: container (Gerald Wilson, composer, arranger, musician, lecturer, disk jockey) Feather, L. Encyc. of jazz in the seventies, c1976 (Wilson, Gerald Stanley; b. 9-4-18, Shelby, Miss.) New York times (online), viewed Sept. 10, 2014 (in obituary published Sept. 9: Gerald Wilson; b. Gerald Stanley Wilson, Sept. 4, 1918, Shelby, Miss.; d. Monday [Sept. 8, 2014], Los Angeles, aged 96; his eight-decade career as a jazz composer, arranger, big-band leader, and trumpeter spanned generations, styles, and geography) |