1918 was quite a year: the "war to end all wars" came to a close. It also saw one of the great disease outbreaks of modern times - influenza.On a jazz note, it saw the birth of two giants who are still very much with us and very active - Gerald Wilson and Hank Jones. They're celebrating together at the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday, July 30th.On the personal side, on this date 90 years ago, John ...
For a score of decades, Gerald Wilson has been a faculty member of the University of Southern California where he recently won his first "teacher of the year" award. Other recent activities for this energizer bunny of jazz musicians has been 2006 appearance with the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra in a performance at Avery Fisher Hall of his compositions. One year later, Wilson stepped into th...