We are fortunate that jazz has been touched by men like Gerald Wilson. Many legends have passed through this music, leaving us with memories of performances and recordings that will remain long beyond ...

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Gerald Wilson has had a long association with the Monterey Jazz Festival. His orchestras have appeared there 10 times since 1963. Monterey Moods is the third piece that he has been commissioned to ...

The beauty of listening to an orchestra in fine form is like being treated to an oceanic swell of music that rises and falls, creating great harmonic waves of sound. This further regales the intellect ...

"I don't know anyone else that orchestrates for a big band," Otis says. "It's kind of intimidating, you know, to get people to understand the depth of it. That's the hard part of it as a young ...