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Gerald Wilson

American trumpetist (1918–2014)
Person Human Q201500

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
September 4, 1918, 1918[10]
Date of death
September 8, 2014
Place of birth
Shelby
Place of death
Los Angeles
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Ethnic group
African Americans[12]
Occupation
trumpeter, bandleader, composer, conductor, music educator, jazz musician, university teacher, film score composer, musician[13][14][15][16]
Employer
University of California, Los Angeles[17]
Educated at
Cass Technical High School[18]
Award received
NEA Jazz Masters[19]
Genre
jazz[21]
Cause of death
pneumonia[23]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[29]
Described by source
Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians[28]
Family name
Wilson[24]
Given name
Gerald[25]
Instrument
trumpet[27]
Manner of death
natural causes[26]
Name in kana
ジェラルド・ウィルソン[30]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/UCLA[32]
Oral history at
UCLA Center for Oral History Research[33]
Record label
Capitol Records[22]
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Start of work period
1938[31]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 51
ISNI
0000000116287411
VIAF cluster ID
42027082
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83163533
GND ID
1038548500
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Gerald S. Wilson.jpg ↗
All About Jazz musician ID
11438
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000946171
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
139012227
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11960935
Carnegie Hall agent ID
49639
DAHR artist ID
211148
Danish National Filmography person ID
114471
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
13509576X
Discogs artist ID
29970
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Gerald-Stanley-Wilson
Europeana entity
agent/base/88560
FAST ID
1759062
Film.ru person ID
gerald-wilson
Find a Grave memorial ID
135616622
Freebase ID
/m/0g5530
GTAA ID
170690
Geni profile ID
6000000040057826943
Grammy Awards artist ID
gerald-wilson/12891
Grove Music Online ID
J488300
HAND ID
D329-CC09-685D-6957-B9C2
IMDb ID
nm2360919
IdRef ID
156724405
Internet Broadway Database person ID
89882
Kinobox person ID
713151
Movie Walker Press person ID
24151
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000008028
NE.se ID
gerald-wilson
NL CR AUT ID
ola2002159279
National Library of Korea ID
KAC2020N1118
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:34S;=tj
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9814591102405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4849299
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
074413724
Obálky knih ID
ola2002159279
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803123546121
RERO ID (legacy)
A008874518
SBN author ID
LO1V271214
SNAC ARK ID
w6tv2dcj
SecondHandSongs artist ID
23793
Songkick artist ID
454162
WikiTree person ID
Wilson-79233
Wikisimpsons article ID
256416
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/346905d2-8221-4908-bce5-6ee1d980e029
ČSFD person ID
836762

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 9
composer, musician, conductor, university teacher, bandleader, trumpeter, film score composer, jazz musician +1 more
Award received 1
NEA Jazz Masters
Cause of death 1
pneumonia
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
University of California, Los Angeles
Ethnic group 1
African Americans
Family name 1
Wilson
Genre 1
jazz
Given name 1
Gerald
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
trumpet
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Shelby
Place of death 1
Los Angeles
Record label 1
Capitol Records
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Gerald Wilson was born on September 4, 1918[1], in Shelby[2]. He died on September 8, 2014[3], in Los Angeles[4]. He worked as a trumpeter[5], bandleader[6], composer[7], conductor[8], and music educator[9].

FAQs

Where was Gerald Wilson born?

Gerald Wilson was born in Shelby[2].

Where did Gerald Wilson die?

Gerald Wilson died in Los Angeles[4].

What did Gerald Wilson do for work?

Gerald Wilson worked as a trumpeter[5], bandleader[6], composer[7], conductor[8], and music educator[9].

Where did Gerald Wilson go to school?

Gerald Wilson was educated at Cass Technical High School[18].

What awards did Gerald Wilson receive?

Honors received include NEA Jazz Masters[19].

Related Entities

Capitol Records Los Angeles United States University of California, Los Angeles

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [12] ↑ . Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . oralhistory.library.ucla.edu. Retrieved . oralhistory.library.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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