Shadow Wilson

Rossiere " Shadow" Wilson ( born September 25, 1919 in Yonkers, NY, † July 11, 1959 in New York ) was an American jazz drummer who is both a big band drummer and in small groups ( in the 1950 years ) made ​​a name.

Wilson began in 1939 in the big band of Lucky Millinder and then worked in many major big bands of the swing era: Benny Carter, Tiny Bradshaw (1940 ), Lionel Hampton 1940/1941, Earl Hines 1941-1943, Count Basie ( 1944-1946 and 1948 ) and Woody Herman in 1949. Afterwards he worked primarily in smaller combos, inter alia, with Illinois Jacquet, Erroll Garner and Thelonious Monk ( his preferred drummer he was, Jr., in the words of Thelonious Monk ), Sonny Stitt, Lee Konitz and in the companion volume of Ella Fitzgerald. He also took up with Joe Newman, Una Mae Carlisle and Phil Woods.

Tom Lord listed in his discography 146 recording sessions from 1938 and 1964 (first with Lucky Millinder ).