tu, b, 1906-1978 US, Illinois
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Quinn Brown Wilson.
American jazz bassist and tuba player. Born : December 26, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois. Died : June 14, 1978 in Evanston, Illinois. Quinn played with : Tiny Parham, Walter Barnes, Jelly Roll Morton (1927), Erskine Tate (1928-'31), Richard M. Jones (1929), Earl Hines (1931-1939).In the 1940s he began playing electric bass and started recording R&B and blues musicians, including : Lefty Bates and John Lee Hooker.