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Ernie Wilkins (20 Jul 1919 - 05 Jun 1999)

Male Person - United States

Relationships (8)

Conductor For

  1. ORF Big Band

Member Of

  1. Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band original, tenor saxophone
  2. The Ernie Wilkins-Joe Newman Quintet original, eponymous
  3. Manny Albam, Ernie Wilkins & Their Orchestra original, eponymous
  4. Joe Newman Septet saxophone
  5. Clark Terry’s Big‐B‐A‐D‐Band tenor saxophone
  6. All Star Big Band

Siblings

  1. Jimmy Wilkins

Recordings by (3)

  1. Evil Ways 3:17 (1997)
  2. 58 Market Street 4:26 (2008)
  3. Dizzy's Business 5:07 ()

On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Jim 5:52 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  2. September Song 5:46 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  3. I’m Glad There Is You 5:10 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  4. You’re Not the Kind 4:44 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  5. He’s My Guy 4:13 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  6. Embraceable You 4:50 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  7. It’s Crazy 4:55 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  8. Baggin' the Blues 5:41 Kenny Clarke (1955)
  9. Inhibitions 3:53 Kenny Clarke (1955)
  10. Cherokee 2:32 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  11. I’ll Never Smile Again 2:35 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  12. Don’t Be on the Outside 3:01 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  13. How High the Moon 2:37 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  14. An Occasional Man 2:33 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  15. Oh My 2:21 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  16. Telefunken Blues 5:52 Kenny Clarke (1955)
  17. Over the Rainbow 3:30 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  18. Maybe 2:34 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  19. It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream 3:20 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  20. Why Can’t I 2:54 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  21. Klook's Nook 5:11 Kenny Clarke (1955)
  22. Soon 2:37 Sarah Vaughan (1955)

Conducted

  1. I’m Glad There Is You 5:10 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  2. He’s My Guy 4:13 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  3. Embraceable You 4:50 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  4. You’re Not the Kind 4:44 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  5. Jim 5:52 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  6. September Song 5:46 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  7. It’s Crazy 4:55 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955)
  8. Soon 2:37 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  9. Don’t Be on the Outside 3:01 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  10. How High the Moon 2:37 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  11. It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream 3:20 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  12. Maybe 2:34 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  13. An Occasional Man 2:33 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  14. Sometimes I’m Happy 2:56 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  15. Cherokee 2:32 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  16. Over the Rainbow 3:30 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  17. Oh My 2:21 Sarah Vaughan (1955)
  18. Why Can’t I 2:54 Sarah Vaughan (1955)

Instruments

  1. Shorty George ?:?? Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke (1955) alto saxophone
  2. That's a Woman 3:19 Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke (1955) alto saxophone
  3. Doin' the Thing 6:52 Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke (1955) alto saxophone
  4. Blues in a Cold Water Flat 5:11 Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke (1955) alto saxophone
  5. Stereophonic 3:09 Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke (1955) alto saxophone
  6. Osie's Oasis 4:34 Osie Johnson (1955) alto saxophone
  7. Cokernut Tree 4:54 Osie Johnson (1955) alto saxophone
  8. The Desert Song 2:25 Osie Johnson (1955) alto saxophone
  9. Midnight Mirage 2:53 Osie Johnson (1955) alto saxophone
  10. Bouncin' With Boots 11:17 Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke (1955) alto saxophone

Credited as (13)

  1. Ernie Wilkins
  2. Clark Terry & Ernie Wilkins
  3. Pori Big Band & Ernie Wilkins
  4. Rob Franken Featuring Jimmy Owens, Clark Terry, Ernie Wilkins & Jean 'Toots' Thielemans
  5. Trio Rob Franken Featuring Clark Terry & Ernie Wilkins
  6. DePaul University Jazz Ensemble; Ernie Wilkins
  7. DePaul University Jazz Ensemble; Eddie Durham; Ernie Wilkins
  8. Danish Radio Big BandGuest ConductorErnie Wilkins
  9. Danish Radio Big Band, Ernie Wilkins
  10. Ernie Wilkins / Frank Wess / Jerome Richardson / Hank Jones / Eddie Jones / Kenny Clarke
  11. Rex Stewart, Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown, J.C. Higginbotham, Coleman Hawkins, Bud Freeman, Hank Jones, Billy Bauer, Milt Hinton, Gus Johnson, Ernie Wilkins
  12. Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson, Ernie Wilkins, Hank Jones, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
  13. Manny Albam & Ernie Wilkins

Works (14)

Wrote

  1. Sweety Cake
  2. Big Red

Composed

  1. Fragile
  2. Basie Talks
  3. Peace Pipe
  4. Groovin’ for Nat
  5. Katimavik
  6. Ghana
  7. Stereophonic
  8. Sweety Cakes
  9. Good Time Blues
  10. Dizzy’s Business
  11. Left Hand Corner
  12. Bell Bottoms

Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13901164w
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134580621
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88629938
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88629938
  5. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6x37289

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/282003

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000205130

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/100232872

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326634