Gerald Wilson

 

Artist:   Gerald Wilson

Birth Name:  Gerald Stanley Wilson

Born:  September 4, 1918.  Shelby, Mississippi, USA

Died:  September 8, 2014 (Aged 96).   Los Angeles, California, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Big Band, Hard Bop, Traditional Pop, Progressive Jazz, Post Bop, West Coast Jazz

Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader

Instruments:  Trumpet

Gerald Wilson 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 wrote arrangements for Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Julie London, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington and Nancy Wilson.

Title:  Moment Of Truth (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (2022)

Genre:  Jazz, Big Band, Hard Bop, Traditional Pop, Progressive Jazz, Post Bop, West Coast Jazz

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Viva Tirado (5:40)

 2.  Moment Of Truth (4:15)

 3.  Patterns (5:54)

 4.  Teri (2:54)

 5.  Nancy Joe (2:37)

Side 2:

 1.  Milestones (5:30)

 2.  Latino (5:00)

 3.  Josefina (4:18)

 4.  Emerge (3:22)

Personnel:

Gerald Wilson Orchestra:

Gerald Wilson:  Arranger and Conductor

John Audino:  Trumpet on Tracks:  1-4 Side 2

Jules Chaiken:  Trumpet on Tracks:  1-4 Side 2

Freddie Hill:  Trumpet on Tracks:  1-4 Side 2

Carmell Jones:  Trumpet on Tracks:  1-4 Side 2

Al Porcino:  Trumpet on Tracks:  1-4 Side 2

Lou Blackburn:  Trombone on Tracks:  1-4 Side 2

Bob Edmondson:  Trombone on Tracks:  1-4 Side 2

Lester Robertson:  Trombone on Tracks:  1-4 Side 2

Frank Strong:  Trombone on Tracks:  1-4 Side 2

Bob Knight:  Bass Trombone

Joe Maini:  Alto Saxophone

Bud Shank:  Alto Saxophone, Flute

Teddy Edwards:  Tenor Saxophone

Harold Land:  Tenor Saxophone

Jack Nimitz:  Baritone Saxophone on Tracks 1-4 Side 2

Don Raffell:  Baritone Saxophone 

Jack Wilson:  Piano

Joe Pass:  Guitar

Jimmy Bond:  Bass

Mel Lewis:  Drums

Modesto Duran:  Congas on Tracks:  1 Side 1, 2 Side 2

Moment Of Truth is an album by Gerald Wilson, originally released in 1962 by Pacific Jazz Records, remastered and reissued on June 3, 2022 by Blue Note, featuring Joe Pass, Bud Shank, Jack Wilson and many more!.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.