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Teddy Wilson
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The pianist Teddy Wilson, with Earl Hines and Art Tatum as his examples, played the most elegant piano style of swing in the 1930s: light, clear lines with the right hand and a calm left hand. He first worked for Louis Armstrong and Benny Carter. From 1935 he led studio groups for the producer John Hammond with which Billie Holiday made her first great records. In the same year he became a member of the Benny Goodman Trio, with Goodman and the drummer Gene Krupa. In this way he was one of the first Black musicians to play openly in a mixed group for a large white audience. Later he led a big band of his own and taught at the Juilliard School.
Listening
What a Little Moonlight Can Do · Billie Holiday, 1935
Rosetta · Teddy Wilson, 1935
Body and Soul · Teddy Wilson, 1935
Discography
Studio albums
- 1950Piano Moods
- 1951Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session
- 1955For Quiet Lovers
- 1955Mr. Wilson: The Fabulous Teddy Wilson at the Piano
- 1956I Got Rhythm
- 1956Intimate Listening
- 1956Playing Some Of The Selections They Played In The Benny Goodman Movie
- 1959Gypsy in Jazz
- 1959Mr Wilson and Mr Gershwin
- 1960And Then They Wrote...
- 1969The Noble Art Of Teddy Wilson
- 1970Helen Sings, Teddy Swings
- 1970Teddy Wilson meets Eiji Kitamura
- 1971Stomping at the Savoy
- 1972Elegant Piano
- 1972Moonglow
- 1972The Dutch Swing College Band & Teddy Wilson
- 1972With Billie in Mind
- 1974Jazz a confronto 12
- 1977Lionel Hampton Presents: Teddy Wilson
- 1980Swingin' Piano
- 1981I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 51
- 1983Into the Sky
- 1985Swing Reunion
- 1988Air Mail Special
- 1989Blues for Thomas Waller
- 1989Piano Solos/Teddy Wilson, Edmond Hall Quartet With Teddy Wilson
- 1990With Billie in Mind
- 1992Cole Porter Classics
- 1992Easy Living
- 1993Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
- 1994Alone
- 1995Three Little Words
- 1996Teddy Wilson And His All Stars
- 1997How High the Moon?
- 2003Quartets & Quintets
- 2009Complete Jazz Series 1934 - 1935
- 2013Shades of Blue
- ?St. Louis Blues
- ?Teddy Wilson In Tokyo
- ?The Second Time Around
Other work
- 1935–1939Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra · with Billie Holiday
- 1935Benny Goodman Trio
- 1936Benny Goodman Quartet
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- Mixtape 1: The Origins of Pop MusicNL Reader
- After Hours: Session 1NL Reader