Phillip Wilson (drummer)
Phillip Wilson ( born September 8, 1941 in St. Louis, † March 25, 1992 in New York City ) was an American drummer and percussionist of the Creative Jazz.
Life and work
Wilson had as a child violin lessons and played in local drum groups, such as the Tom Powell Post. Under the influence of his teacher, James Meredith, he came into contact with the Jazz, played during his high school days with Oliver Lake and Scrooge Harris; with 14 years followed first professional gigs with organist Don James and Freddie Washington. At age 16, he became a member of the organ trio of Sam Lazar, with whom he remained four years, including with performances at Minton 's Playhouse in New York. Until 1964, he played in various rhythm and blues bands in St. Louis with Lester Bowie and accompanied soul singer. In 1965 he moved to Chicago, was active in the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians ( AACM ) and belonged to different groups of Roscoe Mitchell, among others, the Art Ensemble, from the Art Ensemble of Chicago was born.
From 1967 he played in the Butterfield Blues Band and various rock groups; He recorded three albums with the Butterfield Blues Band. Wilson's song "Love March ," which he wrote with Gene Dinwiddie, was played by the band at Woodstock in 1970 and released on the live album of the festival. In the early 1970s he founded with Dinwiddie and the further Butterfield band member Buzz Feiten jazz - rock band Full Moon, with an album was made.
1975/76 he worked as a studio musician at Stax Records in Memphis, then moved to New York, where he, in the loft and free jazz scene with Hamiet Bluiett, Lester Bowie, Anthony Braxton, John Carter, Julius Hemphill, Frank Lowe James Newton worked to hear, inter alia, on wildflowers. In 1976 he worked on David Murray's debut album Flowers for Albert. In 1978, he performed with a separate formation on the Moers Festival with Olu Dara, Frank Lowe and Fred Williams. He was a member of Lester Bowie 's Brass Fantasy, whose From the Roots to the Source and its organ -Ensemble ( The Organizer, DIW, 1991) in the 1980s. He was assassinated near the Central Park in 1992.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Duet ( Improvising Artists, 1978) with Lester Bowie
- Fruits ( Circle Records, 1978) with Wadada Leo Smith, Johnny Dyani
- Art Ensemble 1967-68 ( Nessa, 1967-68 )
- Lester Bowie: The 5th Power ( Black Saint, 1978)
- John Carter: Variations on Selected Themes for Jazz Quintet ( Moers Music, 1979)
- James Newton: Portraits (India Navigation, 1976)