Orlandus Wilson
Biography
Orlandus Wilson (August 27, 1917 in Chesapeake, Virginia – December 30, 1998 in Paris) was one of the longest standing members of the Golden Gate Quartet and the group's bass singer. He joined the Golden Gate Jubilee Singers in 1934 and only announced his retirement from the quartet in October 1998. Apart from a forced break in 1944 when he was drafted and temporarily replaced by Cliff Givens, Wilson supplied the basis for the quartet. Wilson managed the formation, and supplied a majority of the arrangements and some compositions. His rhythmic feel has been said to be essential to the group's "jump, glide, bounce and swing".
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
405 releases · 101 albums · active 1955–2024
- Performance · 1,113
- Other credits · 35
- Production · 26
- Engineering · 1
Studios: The Thin Line · Studio De La Grande Armée · Studio Davout · Municipal Auditorium, Memphis
Frequent collaborators
- The Golden Gate Quartet
- Various
- Golden Gate Quartet
- New Swing Quartet
- Recoil
- Leadbelly
- Line Renaud
- The Blind Boys Of Alabama