What is Gerald Wilson?
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Gerald Wilson | image = Gerald Wilson.jpg | caption = Gerald Wilson | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Gerald Stanley Wilson | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|9|4}} |birth_place =[[Shelby, Mississippi]], USA | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|9|8|1918|9|4}} | origin = [[Shelby, Mississippi]] | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], USA | instrument = [[Trumpet]], piano | genre = [[jazz]], [[popular music|pop]] | occupation = [[Trumpeter]], [[bandleader]], [[composer]] | years_active = 1938 - 2014 | label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[Pacific Jazz|Pacific]], [[Discovery Records|Discovery]] | associated_acts = [[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]], [[Sarah Vaughn]], [[Jimmy Lunceford]] | website = | current_members = | past_members = }} '''Gerald Stanley Wilson''' (September 4, 1918 &ndash; September 8, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] [[jazz]] trumpeter, big band bandleader, [[composer]]/[[arranger]], and educator. He was from [[Los Angeles]]. He began his career since the early 1940s.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web | author=Richard S. Ginell | title=Gerald Wilson Biography | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p7838 | work=allmusic | year=2011 | accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref> Wilson was born in [[Shelby, Mississippi]]. Wilson joined the [[Jimmie Lunceford]] orchestra in 1939, replacing its star trumpeter and arranger [[Sy Oliver]]. While with Lunceford, he contributed numbers to the band's book, including ''Hi Spook'' and ''Yard-dog Mazurka''. Wilson has written arrangements for many other famous artists including [[Duke Ellington]], [[Sarah Vaughan]], [[Ray Charles]], [[Julie London]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Benny Carter]], [[Lionel Ham