Bert Wilson (saxophonist)

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Bert Wilson (* 15. October 1939 in Evansville , Indiana ; † 6. June 2013 in Olympia , Washington ) was an American jazz - saxophonist , composer , arranger and bandleader .

Live and act

Wilson received piano and music theory lessons from the age of eight; at the age of 13 he played the clarinet before switching to the tenor saxophone at the age of 18. He lived in California in the early 1960s, then from 1966 for some time in New York City , where he shared an apartment with Jim Pepper . He recorded with Sonny Simmons and James Zitro before moving to Berkeley , where he worked with them, Smiley Winters and the Now Creative Arts Jazz Ensemble ; together with Zitro he also played fusion jazz in The Zytron Aquarian Ensemble . Then he began to release recordings under his own name on his label FMO with his band projects Rebirth and Be Bop Revisited , but without attracting much attention according to Allmusic . Only his album The Next Rebirth (1986), released on the avant-garde label Nine Winds , received more attention. Wilson also recorded with Perry Robinson , Greta Matassa , Don Lanphere, and Art Tantrum . Wilson lived in Olympia (Washington) since 1979, from where he also worked with Jack Perciful . He died at the age of 73 in early June 2013 from complications from a heart attack .

Discographic notes

  • Kaleidoscopic Visions (Au Roar Records, 1982) (with Michael Moore, Michael Olson, Hein van de Geyn , Bob Meyer)
  • Live at the Zoo (Nine Winds, 1988)
  • Endless Fingers (Arabesque, 1994)
  • Dedicated to Friends and Mothers (Pony Boy, 1997)
  • Bert Wilson / Jeffrey Morgan : Take No Prisoners ( Konnex Records , 2003)
Albums as a sideman
  • Sonny Simmons: Music From The Spheres (ESP-Disk, 1966 (?), With Barbara Donald , Michael Cohen, Juney Booth, James Zitro)
  • James Zitro: Zitro ( ESP-Disk , 1967, with Allan Praskin , Warren Gale, Michael Cohen, Bruce Gales)

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personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Bert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Evansville, Indiana
DATE OF DEATH 6th June 2013
Place of death Olympia (Washington)