Don Wilkerson
Donald A. "Don" Wilkerson ( born July 6, 1932 in Mareauville, Louisiana, † July 18, 1986 in Houston, Texas ) was an American R & B and jazz musicians.
He received his formal musical training in Shreveport, Louisiana and Houston, Texas. He began during high school on the alto saxophone and made his professional debut in Daytona, Texas. In 1948 he played with Amos Milburn, Milt Larkin and T -Bone Walker, worked 1948-49 in Los Angeles with Charles Brown and jammed among others, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray and Sonny Clarke. In the summer of 1954, he hired as a tenor saxophonist with Ray Charles and had notable solo appearances on " I Got A Woman ," " Come Back Baby ," " This Little Girl Of Mine " and " Hallelujah". 1982 traveled the musician, who was his last decades in the U.S. Southwest active, to New York to to BB Kings Album BB King in Blues 'n ' Jazz to play.
Overall, he played four albums under his own name, first In May 1960, Don Wilkerson on Riverside RLP 332 ( with Nat Adderley, Barry Harris, Leroy Vinnegar, Billy Higgins). From May 1962 to July 1963 he recorded three remarkable albums for Blue Note Records.
As musicians who have influenced him, he called the tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb, Gene Ammons, Paul Gonsalves and Sonny Rollins, as well as the alto Charlie Parker and Johnny Hodges, but especially Sonny Stitt and Ike Quebec (which it also the record label " Blue Note Records had " recommended). Don Wilkerson can be classified on the basis of its roots among the "Texas Tenors " so-called; its deep roots in blues and soul are unmistakable.
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- Elder Don Blue Note 4121, with Grant Green ( g) John Acea ( p), Lloyd Trotman ( b ), Willie Bobo (dr ) ( 1962)
- Preach Brother1 Blue Note 4107, with Sonny Clark ( p) Grant Green ( g), Butch Warren ( b ) Billy Higgins (dr ) ( 1962)
- Shoutin ' Blue Note 4145, with Grant Green ( g ), John Patton (org ), Ben Dixon (dr ) ( 1963)