Shadow Wilson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shadow Wilson

American jazz drummer

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1919

Place of Birth: Yonkers, New York, United States

Date of Death: 11-Jul-1959

Profession: jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Rossiere "Shadow" Wilson (September 25, 1919 – July 11, 1959) was an American jazz drummer. Much of Wilson's early work was with swing jazz orchestras.
He played with Frankie Fairfax's Campus Club Orchestra in 1936, with Lucky Millinder in 1939, and following this, with Benny Carter, Tiny Bradshaw, Lionel Hampton, Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Woody Herman.
Later in his career he played with Illinois Jacquet, Erroll Garner, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Newman, Lee Konitz, Sonny Stitt, Phil Woods, Gene Quill, and Tadd Dameron.
The drummer was known to sit in at the famed Minton's Playhouse.
His nickname came from "his beautiful light touch with brushes", in the words of bassist Peter Ind.
Wilson died of meningitis in July 1959.
He never recorded as a leader.



Description	American photographer and journalist
Date of birth/death	28 January 1917	23 April 2006
Location of birth/death	Brooklyn	Great Neck
Work period	1930s date QS:P,+1930-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 , 1940s date QS:P,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Work location	New York City, Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q622278 VIAF: 113043399 ISNI: 0000 0001 1780 1486 LCCN: n82145642 GND: 123340144 BNF: 17060247k WorldCat