Buster Wilson
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A Southerner by birth, pianist Buster Wilson moved to Los Angeles as a child and wound up confining most of his musical activities to the New Orleans jazz scene that took root in the shadow of the Hollywood Hills. Wilson's career was short: he was only 52 years old when he died of complications from pneumonia in 1949. He worked with bandleader Kid Ory much of that decade, other than bowing out due to illness in 1946.
Wilson began gigging in La-La Land as a young man with Dink Johnson's Five Hounds Of Jazz, at times getting more attention from the municipal dog catchers than the listening audience. The pianist subsequently started a cooperative combo with associate Charlie Lawrence, a saxophonist and clarinetist. The group developed into The Sunnyland Jazz Orchestra. Then both Lawrence and Wilson became involved with Paul Howard's orchestra, sometimes known as Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders.
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Wilson began gigging in La-La Land as a young man with Dink Johnson's Five Hounds Of Jazz, at times getting more attention from the municipal dog catchers than the listening audience. The pianist subsequently started a cooperative combo with associate Charlie Lawrence, a saxophonist and clarinetist. The group developed into The Sunnyland Jazz Orchestra. Then both Lawrence and Wilson became involved with Paul Howard's orchestra, sometimes known as Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders.
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