Chuck Wilson

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Charles Dee "Chuck" Wilson (born July 31, 1948 in Wichita Falls ; † October 16, 2018 ) was an American jazz musician ( alto saxophone , also other woodwind instruments ).

Act

Wilson began playing the saxophone at the age of eleven; he led his own trio as a schoolboy. He graduated from North Texas State University . Since then he has played in various big bands , first with Jerry Gray and (between 1977 and 1980) with Buddy Rich . During the 1980s he worked in New York as a studio musician , but was also part of the ensembles of Tito Puente (1980–81), Gerry Mulligan (1981–1989), Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (1982–1992), Bob Wilber ( 1983), Loren Schoenberg (1984), Benny Goodman (1985-86), Buck Clayton (1986-90), and Walt Levinsky . He was also a member of the Howard Alden and Dan Barrett quintet . Since 1996 he has led his own band, Chuck Wilson and Friends , in which Murray Wall , Alden and Joel Helleny were active. In 2010 his debut album Echos of Spring was released .

Since 1991 he has continued to work as a musician in numerous performances on Broadway . He also performed with The Young Generation of Swing in Germany. Between 1968 and 2009 he was involved in 104 recordings in the field of jazz.

Lexical entries

  • Gary W. Kennedy, Chuck Wilson . Grove Jazz online.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary
  2. ↑ Entry (Internet Broadway Database)
  3. ↑ Album In Concert at the Rems-Murr-Jazztage, Volume 1 , with Randy Sandke , Jon-Erik Kellso , Ralph Hesse (tp), Dan Barrett , John Allred (tb), Rainer Heute (as, bar), Harry Allen , Christian Plattner (ts), Mike Goetz (p), Howard Alden (git), Alec Dankworth (b), Gregor Beck (dr), Terrie Richards (voc)
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography
personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Chuck
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, Charles Dee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (alto saxophone, also other woodwind instruments)
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Wichita Falls
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 2018