Gerald Wiggins was a spectacularly tasteful jazz pianist. Born in New York in 1922, he came up at a time when to work steadily at clubs required a dramatic, singular sound that put people in seats night after night. If you were a trio pianist, this usually meant the ability to swing hard and play hair-raising runs and exciting block chords. Among the mo…
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