Gerald Wiggins

Gerald Forster " Gerry " Wiggins ( born May 12, 1922 in New York City; † 13 July 2008 Los Angeles ) was an American jazz pianist, organist and keyboard player.

Wiggins studied at the Martin Smith Music School and the High School of Music and Art, New York. From 1942 he worked with Les Hite and then played with Louis Armstrong and Betty Carter. 1950 and 1951 he accompanied Lena Horne on tour through Europe and played in Paris with Pierre Michelot, Jean Bouchety, Kenny Clarke, and Roy Eldridge ( Roy Eldridge and His Little Jazz Vol 1, 1950), thereby also recordings were made for the label Swing under its own name. Then he led a trio in Los Angeles with Joe Comfort and Bill Douglass, played with Spike Jones ( 1956-1958 ) and accompanied Kay Starr and Red Callender. He taught Marilyn Monroe as a singer. From the end of 1950 worked in the studios and Harry James. He took up with Mary Cole, Paul Horn, Chico Hamilton and Scott Hamilton and accompanied Eartha Kitt, Dinah Washington and Lou Rawls.

The bassist Hassan Ash- Shakur is his son.

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  • The Gerald Wiggins Trio ( VSOP, 1956) with Joe Comfort and Bill Douglass
  • Wiggin With Wig ( Dig Records, 1956), Joe Comfort and Bill Douglass
  • Wiggin ' Out ( OJC, 1960) with Harold Land, Jackie Mills
  • Wig is here ( Black and Blue, 1977) with Majow Holley, Oliver Jackson, Ed Thigpen
  • Soulidarity ( Concord, 1995) with Andy Simpkins, Paul Humphrey
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