Gerald Wilson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerald Wilson

American trumpetist

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1918

Place of Birth: Shelby, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 08-Sep-2014

Profession: composer, conductor, musician, bandleader, film score composer, university teacher, trumpeter, jazz musician, music pedagogue

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) 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.
In addition to being a band leader, Wilson 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.