Garland Wilson

Garland Lorenzo Wilson ( born June 13, 1909 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, † May 31, 1954 in Paris) was an American pianist of boogie woogie and stride piano.

Biography

Garland Wilson studied at Howard University in Washington, DC and worked in the 1930s in nightclubs in New York City. 1932 Wilson accompanied the singer Nina Mae McKinney on a European tour. Wilson worked at that time in England with various bands and played some records with Nat Gonella and starring Jack Payne one.

In Paris, created in 1935 recordings with the French singer Jean Sablon and the guitarist Django Reinhardt; He also took records with Michel Warlop on ( " Limehouse Blues "). In 1939 he returned to the United States, where he remained until 1951 and then finally to London (1952 /3) and then moved to Paris. This year also emerged shots with Danny Polo, Herman Chittison, Emmanuel and Nina Mae McKinney Soudieux.

Known titles from him were " When I Have Schoen ," " Memories of You " and " Rockin 'Chair ", which had appeared on Okeh. Compositions by him were "Blues En Si Bemol ", " The Blues Got Me," " The Way Feel" and " You Rascal You".

The career of producer John Hammond began in 1931 with shots of Garland Wilson for Columbia Records.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Garland Wilson 1931-1938 ( Classics ) by Michel Warlop, Nina Mae McKinney
• Jazz In Paris: Harlem Piano in Montmartre ( Verve, 1951)
• Mae Barnes: Fun With Mae Barnes (Atlantic )

Swell

• Donald Clarke: Billie Holiday - Wishing on the Moon, Munich, Piper, 1995
• Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition, London, Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-14-102327-9

• Jazz Pianist
• American musician
• Born in 1909
• Died in 1954
• Man