Shadow Wilson
Biography
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 Frankie Fairfax's Campus Club Orchestra in 1936, 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. His nickname came from "his beautiful light touch with brushes," in the words of bassist Peter Ind. Wilson died of meningitis in July 1959. He never recorded as a leader.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Giant Steps
1960
Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
1961
Monk's Music
1957
Mulligan Meets Monk
1957
Genius Of Modern Music
1951
Kenny Burrell
1956
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Milt Jackson With John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke, Lou Donaldson And The Thelonious Monk Quintet
1955
At Carnegie Hall
2005
The Best Of Thelonious Monk
1991
Very Cool
1957
The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1
1957
Erroll Garner Plays For Dancing
1953
Play It Again, Erroll!
1975
Jay And Kai
1957
Detroit-New York Junction
1956
Trombone For Two
1955
Pres/The Complete Savoy Recordings
1976
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
1975
Basie's Best!! A Collection Of Immortal Performances
1960
The High And Mighty Hawk
1959
One O'Clock Jump
1957
Gems
1951
More Genius Of Thelonious Monk
1985
Credited work
1,583 releases · 276 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 2,123
- Other credits · 18
Studios: WOR Studios · Reeves Sound Studios · Apex Studios, New York · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey