Jack Wilson
b. 3 August 1936, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Wilson studied piano at Fort Wayne College of Music and the University of Indiana, with time out for a fleeting professional foray with James Moody. He briefly played baritone saxophone but after settling in Columbus, Ohio, he played piano with musicians such as Rahsaan Roland Kirk. He joined Dinah Washington and in bands led by the singer’s then husband, Eddie Chamblee. In Chicago in the late 50s, he made own-name trio sessions for Argo Records, was in bass player Richard Davis’ trio, and then served in the US Army, playing tenor saxophone in military bands. After military service Wilson briefly rejoined Washington, recording with her as a member of Quincy Jones’ studio band, before entering the Los Angeles film and television studios. He was also in outfits recording behind singers such as Sammy Davis Jnr. , Julie London, O.C. Smith, Nancy Wilson and Sarah Vaughan, and played on Curtis Amy’s Katanga!, while on alto saxophonist Earl Anderza’s Outa Sight he played harpsichord. During these same years, Wilson was a regular member of Gerald Wilson’s big band, appearing on Moment Of Truth and The Golden Sword.
Wilson led his own small bands for a flurry of 60s recording dates, including playing organ in two-organ combos with Genghis Kyle and Harry Cain. He also led an all-star sextet for his 1967 Easterly Winds session, featuring Lee Morgan and Jackie McLean. During most of the 70s, Wilson was usually behind the scenes in studio work, but he made more own-name dates in the late 70s and also played with Eddie Harris and Lorez Alexandria. In the early 80s he recorded with Clark Terry and was with Sonny Stitt and Richie Cole on a tour of Australia. In New York City in the mid-80s, he worked in duo with bass player Ed Schuller.
A dynamic, hard bop player, Wilson was vigorous and inventive and displayed considerable technical mastery and dexterity. Early in the 00s, reissues of some of his 60s albums revived interest in this fine, if lesser known and under valued pianist.
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A Belfast Christmas
Belfast Cathedral Choir, Jack Wilson, Matthew Owens
Classical - Released by Resonus Classics on 29 Oct 2021
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Easterly Winds (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Oct 1967
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Something Personal
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Jan 1967
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Wilby: An English Passion According to Saint Matthew
Matthew Owens, Belfast Cathedral Choir, Jack Wilson
Classical - Released by Resonus Classics on 4 Mar 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Two Sides Of Jack Wilson
Soul - Released by Rhino Atlantic on 29 Jan 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jack Wilson Plays Brazilian Mancini (Digitally Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Essential Media Group on 1 Jan 1965
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Plays Brazilian Mancini
Latin America - Released by vault on 1 Jun 1965
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Belfast Cathedral Choir, Jack Wilson, Matthew Owens
Classical - Released by Resonus Classics on 8 Oct 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Good King Wenceslas
Belfast Cathedral Choir, Jack Wilson, Matthew Owens
Classical - Released by Resonus Classics on 22 Oct 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Jack Wilson Quartet
Jazz - Released by Sowing Records on 22 Oct 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Jazz Organs (Digitally Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Essential Media Group on 19 May 1964
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Nightingale
Jazz - Released by oldies and hits for future on 3 May 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Essential Jack Wilson
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by 5021263 Records DK on 18 Sep 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Just at the Turn of the Tide
Jazz - Released by turn of the tide on 2 May 2023
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God's Grandeur
Matthew Owens, Belfast Cathedral Choir, Jack Wilson
Classical - Released by Resonus Classics on 4 Feb 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Knaresborough Service: II. Nunc dimittis
Belfast Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens, Jack Wilson
Classical - Released by Resonus Classics on 18 Feb 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Inner Scepter (There Is Only Here)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Fuzzy Wuzzy Records on 2 Jul 2019
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