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Listen: Dennis Wilson Pays Homage To Late Gerald Wilson

Gerald Wilson
Dr. Jazz

Bandleader, composer and arranger Gerald Wilson died Monday at his home in Los Angeles. Wilson's career stretched from the swing era of the 1930s into the 21st century.

  

When the news of former Detroiter and NEA Jazz Master Gerald Wilson’s passing on Monday, September 8th was confirmed, the first person I thought to call to comment on Gerald’s genius as an arranger and orchestral jazz composer was trombonist Dennis Wilson.  Dennis Wilson teaches at the University of Michigan and directs many of their big bands.  

Dennis played with Gerald Wilson at the Detroit Jazz Festival and recorded on all of Gerald Wilson’s Mack Avenue Records CDs including Detroit which was commissioned for the 30th annual Detroit Jazz Festival.  Dennis spoke about Gerald Wilson with total love and respect.
 

Gerald Wilson, Kenny Burrell, and Myself at the 30th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival. Mack Avenue Records commissioned Wilson to write and direct the jazz suite "Detroit" that year.

  • Produced by Brad McNett and Patrik Holubik

 

Linda Yohn simply cannot remember a day in her life that was not filled with music. Her early life was full of changes as the daughter of a well-respected cancer research scientist who moved his family about, but one thing was constant: the love of music instilled by her mother. So, when it seemed life was too hard to bear, young Linda would listen to her radio, play her guitar, dance her heart out and sing at the top of her lungs. So, it isn’t so strange that “older” Linda still does all those things!
Patrik is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University and functions as the New Media/Social Media manager for 89.1 WEMU.