# Garland Wilson

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{{Short description|American jazz pianist (1909–1954)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Garland Wilson
| image           = Garland Wilson, between 1938 and 1948 (William P. Gottlieb 09351).jpg
| caption         = Garland Wilson in the 1940s<br />Photograph by [William P. Gottlieb](/source/William_P._Gottlieb)
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| birth_name      = Garland Lorenzo Wilson
| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1909|6|13}}
| birth_place     = [Martinsburg, West Virginia](/source/Martinsburg%2C_West_Virginia), U.S.
| death_date      = {{death date and age|1954|5|31|1909|6|13}}
| death_place     =
| genre           = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)<br/>[Blues](/source/Blues)<br/>[Boogie-woogie](/source/Boogie-woogie)
| occupation      = Musician
| instrument      = Piano
| years_active    =
| label           =
}}

'''Garland Lorenzo Wilson''' (June 13, 1909 – May 31, 1954)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)|editor=[Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin_(writer))|publisher=[Guinness Publishing](/source/Guinness_Publishing)|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|pages=2707/8}}</ref> was an American [jazz](/source/jazz) pianist who accompanied [Nina Mae McKinney](/source/Nina_Mae_McKinney). Wilson was a [boogie-woogie](/source/boogie-woogie) and [stride pianist](/source/stride_pianist).<ref>{{cite book| last = Panassie| first = Hugues| author-link = Hugues Panassie| title = The Real Jazz | publisher = Kessinger Publishing| year = 2005| page = 134| isbn = 1-4191-5028-6}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Garland Wilson was born in [Martinsburg, West Virginia](/source/Martinsburg%2C_West_Virginia), United States.<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

Wilson attended [Howard University](/source/Howard_University) in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), and, in the 1930s, worked in New York City at nightclubs in the area. In 1932, the pianist joined [Nina Mae McKinney](/source/Nina_Mae_McKinney) on a European tour.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Wilson worked extensively in England as a member of local groups, and recorded with trumpeter [Nat Gonella](/source/Nat_Gonella). In the liner notes of the CD box ''l'intégrale Django reinhardt - vol 2'' he is quoted as being accompanist of French singer [Jean Sablon](/source/Jean_Sablon), together with guitarist [Django Reinhardt](/source/Django_Reinhardt) on two sides recorded on November 1, 1935, in Paris. In 1939, he returned to the United States, where he remained until 1951, when he moved to [Paris](/source/Paris), France.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> The artist remained there until he died in 1954.<ref name="Clarke">{{cite book| last = Clarke| first = Donald| title = Billie Holiday: Wishing on the Moon | publisher = Da Capo Press| year = 2002| page = 68| isbn = 0-306-81136-7}}</ref>

==Select discography==
===Solo===
*''Memories of You'' ([Okeh](/source/Okeh_Records))
*''Rockin' Chair'' ([Okeh](/source/Okeh_Records))

===With Charlie Lewis and [Herman Chittison](/source/Herman_Chittison)===
*''Jazz In Paris: Harlem Piano in Montmartre'' (Sunny Side)

===With [Mae Barnes](/source/Mae_Barnes)===
*''Fun With Mae Barnes'' ([Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Records))

==References==
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Category:Stride pianists
Category:Boogie-woogie pianists
Category:American jazz pianists
Category:American male jazz pianists
Category:Musicians from Martinsburg, West Virginia
Category:Howard University alumni
Category:Jazz musicians from West Virginia
Category:20th-century American pianists
Category:20th-century American male pianists

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