Shadow Wilson

Shadow Wilson
Background information
Birth name	Rossiere Wilson
Born	(1919-09-25)September 25, 1919 Yonkers, New York
Died	July 11, 1959(1959-07-11) (aged 39) New York City
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	Drums

Rossiere "Shadow" Wilson (September 25, 1919 – July 11, 1959) was an American jazz drummer.

Much of Wilson's early work was with swing jazz orchestras. He played with Lucky Millinder in 1939, and following this with Benny Carter, Tiny Bradshaw, Lionel Hampton, Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Woody Herman. Later in his career he played with Illinois Jacquet, Erroll Garner, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Newman, Lee Konitz, Sonny Stitt, Phil Woods, Gene Quill, and Tadd Dameron. The drummer was known to sit in at the famed Minton's Playhouse.^[1]

Discography

With Kenny Burrell

• Kenny Burrell Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1956)

With Tadd Dameron

• Fontainebleau (Prestige, 1956)

With J. J. Johnson

• J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (Savoy, 1947-49)

With Thad Jones

• Detroit – New York Junction (Blue Note, 1956)

With Gil Mellé

• Quadrama (Prestige, 1957)

With Thelonious Monk

• Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (Jazzland, 1957) - with John Coltrane
• Mulligan Meets Monk (Riverside, 1957) - with Gerry Mulligan
• Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall (Blue Note, 1957 [2005]) - with John Coltrane

With Sonny Stitt

• Kaleidoscope (Prestige, 1952 [1957])
• Sonny Stitt Plays (Roost, 1955)
• Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (Roost, 1957)

Notes

References

• Shadow Wilson at Allmusic
• Shadow Wilson at Drummerworld
• Artist Direct