Buster Wilson

Albert Wesley "Buster " Wilson (* 1897 in Atlanta, Georgia; † 23 October 1949 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American jazz pianist.

Wilson grew up in Los Angeles and played in 1921 as a successor of Lil Hardin Armstrong with King Oliver in Wayside Park and 1922 with the Five Hounds of Jazz by Dink Johnson. With saxophonist and clarinetist Charlie Lawrence, he led a combo, from which the Sunnyland Jazz Orchestra was, 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 1941 with Jelly Roll Morton. 1944 until his death from complications of pneumonia in the Creole Jazz Band of Kid Ory, with whom he recorded also.

Lexical entry

• Carlo Bohländer et al Reclams Jazz guide, 1989