Chuck Wilson (jazz musician)

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Charles Dee Wilson (July 31, 1948 – October 16, 2018) was an American jazz alto saxophonist.

Born in

's quintet from 1985 to 1991.

He led his own group, Chuck Wilson and Friends, from 1996, which included Murray Wall, Alden, and Joel Helleny as sidemen.

Wilson died on October 16, 2018, at the age of 70 in New York City.^[1]

Discography

As leader

• Echo of Spring (Arbors, 2010)

As sideman

With

• Swing Street (Concord Jazz, 1988)
• The ABQ Salutes Buck Clayton (Concord Jazz, 1989)
• Live in '95 (Arbors, 2004)

With Bob Belden

• Straight to My Heart (Blue Note, 1991)
• Puccini's Turandot (Blue Note, 1993)
• When Doves Cry (Metro Blue, 1994)
• La Cigale (Sunnyside, 1998)

With Buddy Rich

• Class of '78 (Century, 1977)
• Europe 77 (Magic 1993)
• Wham! (Label M, 2000)
• No Funny Hats (Lightyear, 2004)
• Time Out (Lightyear, 2007)
• Birdland (Lightyear, 2015)

With Loren Schoenberg

• Time Waits for No One (Musicmasters, 1987)
• Solid Ground (Musicmasters, 1988)
• Just a-Settin' and a-Rockin ' (Musicmasters, 1990)

With Bobby Short

• Swing That Music (Telarc, 1993)
• Songs of New York (Telarc, 1995)
• How's Your Romance? (Telarc, 1999)

With others

• Dan Barrett
  , Strictly Instrumental (Concord Jazz, 1987)
• Dan Barrett, Moon Song (Arbors, 1998)
• John Barry, The Cotton Club (Geffen, 1984)
• Ruby Braff, Variety Is the Spice of Braff (Arbors, 2002)
• Canadian Brass, Swingtime! (RCA Victor, 1995)
• Buck Clayton, A Swingin' Dream (Stash, 1989)
• Joey DeFrancesco, Where Were You? (Columbia, 1990)
• Steve Forbert, Lost (Nemperor, 1982)
• Audra McDonald, How Glory Goes (Nonesuch, 2000)
• Geoff Muldaur, Private Astronomy (Edge Music 2003)
• John Pizzarelli, Our Love Is Here to Stay (RCA/BMG, 1997)
• Leon Redbone, Red to Blue (August 1985)
• Leon Redbone, Sugar (Private Music, 1990)
• Randy Sandke, Calling All Cats (Concord Jazz, 1996)
• Randy Sandke, The Re-discovered Louis and Bix (Nagel Heyer, 2000)
• Don Sebesky, I Remember Bill (RCA Victor, 1998)
• Don Sebesky, Joyful Noise (RCA Victor, 1999)
• Andy Stein, Goin' Places (Stomp Off, 1987)
• Mel Torme
  & Buddy Rich, Together Again for the First Time (Gryphon, 1978)
• Mel Torme & Gerry Mulligan, The Classic Concert Live (Concord Jazz, 2005)
• Warren Vache, Swingtime! (Nagel Heyer, 2000)
• Bob Wilber, Bufadora Blow-up (Arbors, 1997)

References

Footnotes

General references

• Gary W. Kennedy, "Chuck Wilson".
  Grove Jazz
  , 2nd edition, 2004.
• Chuck Wilson at
  AllMusic