up tenor saxophone in his teenage years. Ernie played tenor sax and clarinet with his brother Jimmy Wilkins, trombonist on "The Sumner High School Swingsters...
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With a Song in My Heart (Stevie Wonder album) (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
success for Wonder on the adult contemporary set. Veteran jazz arranger Ernie Wilkins arranged and conducted the album. Side one "With a Song in My Heart"...
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Sarah Vaughan (1955 album) (category Albums conducted by Ernie Wilkins)
– flute Jimmy Jones – piano Joe Benjamin – bass Roy Haynes – drums Ernie Wilkins – conductor Robert Appleton – reissue design Michael Bourne – liner...
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In the Land of Hi-Fi (Sarah Vaughan album) (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
2:54 "Oh My" (Joe Greene) – 2:21 Sarah Vaughan – vocals The Ernie Wilkins orchestra Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow – trumpet Kai Winding, J. J. Johnson – trombones...
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English footballer Ernie Wiggs (c.1940–2014), New Zealand rugby league footballer Ernie Wilkins (1919–1999), American jazz saxophonist Ernie Willett (1919–1985)...
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African Waltz (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
Riverside label and performed by Adderley with an orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins. The title track had been a UK hit single for Johnny Dankworth. The...
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Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (category Albums conducted by Ernie Wilkins)
René Thomas and Roy Haynes, which was under the musical direction of Ernie Wilkins, and the other side had three tracks by Rollins' trio with Henry Grimes...
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Mr. Rhythm (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
Mr. Rhythm is the sole album led by jazz guitarist Freddie Green. The album was recorded in late 1955 for RCA Victor. The Allmusic review by Ronnie D....
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Rah (Mark Murphy album) (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
Rah is a 1962 studio album by Mark Murphy, arranged by Ernie Wilkins. This was Murphy's first Riverside Records album, and he is supported by an orchestra...
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Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
Landers – Percussion Sebastian Muro – Guitar Charlie Persip – Drums Ernie Wilkins – Arranger, Conductor Bob Shad – producer AllMusic review by Stephen...
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The Genius of Ray Charles (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
Gone", "'Deed I Do") Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor on A1 and A6 Ernie Wilkins - arrangement on A2 Ralph Burns - arrangements on A3 and side 2 Johnny...
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(Ron Carter, 1978) Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957) Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955) Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955) Rhythm Crazy...
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When I'm Alone I Cry (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
City and Chicago, using arrangers Jerome Richardson, Melba Liston, and Ernie Wilkins. Gaye overdubbed the vocal tracks after returning to Detroit from touring...
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' Big Band with arrangements by Oliver Nelson and Ernie Wilkins recorded in 1960 and released on the Prestige label. The Allmusic reviewer...
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"Left Hand Corner" (Ernie Wilkins) – 2:26 "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson, Leonard Feather) – 5:17 Disc One: "Dizzy's Business" (Wilkins) – 3:37 Originally...
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April in Paris (album) (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
"Didn't You?" (Frank Foster) – 4:43 "Sweetie Cakes" (Ernest Brooks "Ernie" Wilkins) – 3:58 "Magic" (Frank Wess) – 3:06 "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster)...
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Washington, Gil Mellé, Oscar Pettiford, Eddie Vinson, Paul Quinichette, Ernie Wilkins, Charlie Rouse, Lennie Tristano, Jutta Hipp, Johnny Hodges, Dorothy...
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Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins is an album by the Kenny Clarke-Ernie Wilkins Septet recorded in 1955 and first released on the Savoy label. The Allmusic...
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The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
Young) - 3:33 "Ghana" (Ernie Wilkins) - 4:36 "Caravan" (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:28 "Everybody's Blues" (Wilkins) - 4:13 "Cherokee (Indian...
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Muse) Telefunken Blues (Savoy, 1955) Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (Savoy, 1955) with Ernie Wilkins Bohemia After Dark (Savoy, 1955) Klook's Clique (Savoy...
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In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
Wright. The Allmusic review awarded the album 2½ stars. "Dog My Cats" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:26 "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz) - 2:36 "Blues...
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Maxine Sullivan Joe Thomas Wilbur Ware Dicky Wells George Wettling Ernie Wilkins Mary Lou Williams Lester Young Count Basie, having grown tired of standing...
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going on to join line-ups led by Ernie Wilkins, including the Ernie Wilkins-Kenny Clarke Septet and the Ernie Wilkins Orchestra, as well as with Oliver...
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The Natural Seven (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
vocal Manny Albam (tracks 1, 3, 8, and 12), Al Cohn (tracks 4–7; 9–11), Ernie Wilkins (track 2) – arranger The RCA Victor Sessions of Al Cohn: 1955, accessed...
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Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
Jerome Richardson George Dorsey - baritone saxophone Seldon Powell Ernie Wilkins - conductor, arranger Down Beat: April 25, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 10 Allmusic...
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jazz standard repertoire, were provided by Jones, Hal Mooney, Al Cohn, Ernie Wilkins and Billy Byers. On the second half –the B-side– of the original LP...
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(Ron Carter, 1978) Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957) Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955) Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955) Rhythm Crazy...
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Something to Swing About (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
Swing About is a 1960 album by jazz singer Carmen McRae, arranged by Ernie Wilkins. The initial Billboard magazine review from January 1960 wrote that...
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Dinah Sings Bessie Smith (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
Songbook. The album arrangements are headed by Robare Edmondson and Ernie Wilkins, and the songs are associated with American blues singer Bessie Smith...
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Chairman of the Board (album) (category Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins)
Jeff" (Thad Jones, Jack McDuff) – 3:39 "Fair and Warmer" (Harry James, Ernie Wilkins) – 3:35 Bonus track on CD reissue "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster...
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