Buster Wilson
Albert Wesley "Buster" Wilson (born 1897 in Atlanta , Georgia , † October 23, 1949 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American jazz pianist .
Wilson grew up in Los Angeles and played in 1921 as the successor to Lil Hardin Armstrong with King Oliver in Wayside Park and in 1922 with the Five Hounds of Jazz by Dink Johnson . With the saxophonist and clarinetist Charlie Lawrence he led a combo that became the Sunnyland Jazz Orchestra , in which he played from 1923 to 1926. He then worked with Mutt Carey (1927), Jimmie Noone , Curtis Mosby and the Quality Serenaders by Paul Howard . In 1935/36 he played with Lionel Hampton and Les Hite and in 1941 with Jelly Roll Morton . From 1944 to his death from complications from pneumonia in the Creole Jazz Band of Kid Ory , with whom he also recorded.
Lexical entry
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
Web links
- Buster Wilson at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilson, buster |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilson, Albert Wesley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Atlanta , Georgia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1949 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |