Gerald Wilson on Charlie Parker

GRAMMY-nominated jazz musician and prolific arranger, composer and educator, Gerald Wilson, reflects on the first time he heard Charlie Parker play. Excerpt from a GRAMMY Foundation Living History interview.
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[@petepoulos]

Love this Man and his music, tge amazing work on Pacific Jazz with his Big Band!

[@sirrjazz734]

Gerald Wilson...he's so established in the business that when he speaks EVERYBODY listens!!!

[@inflatedear7131]

Love Gerald Wilson's arrangements.

[@bandicoot5412]

A privilege to be able to hear one creative genius talk about another, thank you.

[@theludicrouslime]

You know it’s a jazz video when it’s 2:51 minutes

[@m.a.jernigan641]

Haha

[@alanwitton5039]

Wonderful insight and a great slice of musical history

[@CVinyl]

Gerald wilson was my dear friend and mentor at UCLA. He is deeply missed 🕯

[@jerryday9838]

Thanks for the education.I love to hear the stories may GOD bless him

[@keithf4767]

He was a great teacher at CSUN

[@Brian4hand]

Bird lives!

[@Simon-tb6tn]

Chahlie pahrka. I love the way he says it.

[@albertbrown359]

Gerald Wilson is one of our great African American living legends

[@haroun4165]

Bird's 1st wife Rebecca lived down the street from us in the Detroit suburbs. My mother met Bird down there once while picking up some sewing ... she told me the story about 30yrs after it happen ...

[@AljoniMusiCo]

Great!

[@jeshkam]

Gerald looks like a black Albert Einstein.

[@Bix12]

lol

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I was just looking at pic of einstein before finding this Weird!

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Einstien A Go Go

[@youmothershouldknow4905]

Einstein was a white Gerald Wilson.

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I was going to comment this lmao

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Here comes the TRUTH