Jack Wilkins

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Jack Wilkins (born June 3, 1944 in Brooklyn , New York) is an American jazz and fusion guitarist.

Live and act

Wilkins learned to play the guitar at the age of ten; he was only trained by private tutors. At the age of 18 he began his career as a professional musician - initially in local bands - before working with Chet Baker , Buddy Rich and Stan Getz . In 1973 he presented his first album with Windows . At the end of the 1970s he was also involved in Charles Mingus's studio productions ( Me, Myself & Eye ). He also played with Stanley Turrentine , Jimmy Heath and Bob Brookmeyer . He accompanied the vocalists Mel Tormé , Ray Charles ,Morgana King , Sarah Vaughan , Tony Bennett , The Manhattan Transfer , Nancy Marano , Sheila Jordan and Jay Clayton . In the late 1970s, he also worked with Eddie Gomez , Jack DeJohnette, and brothers Michael and Randy Brecker , who appeared on his album Merge .

In the 1990s he then recorded other albums under his own name for the Claves and Arabesque labels with musicians such as Kenny Drew Jr. , Steve LaSpina and Jeff Hirshfield . In 2000 the Reunion album was created with the Brecker brothers, Gomez and DeJohnette on the Chiaroscuro label . He also took part in several performances of Mingus' large-format epitaph .

Wilkins was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts . He lives in New York City and teaches at New School , New York University , Long Island University and the Manhattan School of Music . Among his students was Torsten Goods .

Discographic notes

  • Merge (Chiaroscuro, 1977) with Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Phil Markowitz , Eddie Gomez, Jack DeJohnette, Al Foster
  • Keep in Touch (Claves Jazz, 1995) with Kenny Drew Jr., Akira Tana
  • Trio Art (Arabesque, 1997) with Mark Puricelli , Steve LaSpina, Jeff Hirshfield
  • Heading North (String Jazz, 2000)
  • Reunion (Chiaroscuro, 2000)
  • Mexico (CTI Records 2008)

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Remarks

  1. His version of Freddy Hubbard's Red Clay from this album was sampled by A Tribe Called Quest for their song Sucka Nigga .