Gerald Wiggins 1992




Piano Jazz Shorts show

Summary: <p style="" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><i>Piano Jazz</i></b> remembers Gerald Wiggins, a master musician whose career as a pianist, arranger, and composer spanned six decades.<span style="">  </span>He spent much of his career as an in-demand sideman for everyone from Louis Armstrong to Lena Horne.<span style="">  </span>On this 1992 program, Wiggins plays his thought-provoking improvisations on “Body and Soul,” before getting together with McPartland for “Now’s the Time.”<b><i><p></p></i></b></span></span></p>