Wesley Wilson

p, 1893-1958 US, Jacksonville, Florida
Singer / Musician / Songwriter of Jazz and Blues
A.k.a. Pigmeat Pete Socks Wilson

b. October 1, 1893 in Jacksonville, Florida d. October 10, 1958 in Cape May Court House, New Jersey Pianist, organist, songwriter and composer Wesley Wilson wrote about 400 songs, many of them with his wife Leola B. Wilson (Coot Grant). In the 1920s and 30s they worked with artists including Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, and the Mezz Mezzrow-Sidney Bechet Quintet, as well as performing at musical comedies, vaudeville, travelling minstrel shows and revues.

Instruments

Piano
Vocals

Genres

Jazz
Blues
Folk

Plays With

Grant & Wilson

Hunter And Jenkins

The Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet

The New Orleans Wild Cats

Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet & Septet

Popular Tracks

Home on Home by Wesley Wilson

Traveling On on Traveling On by Wesley Wilson

Wake Up on Wake Up by Wesley Wilson

Float on Float by Josh Gill & Wesley Wilson

Mystery Fall on Mystery Fall by Wesley Wilson & Isabella Bourbon

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Gone Away Blues	The Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet, The Mezzrow-Bechet Septet, Wesley Wilson, Pleasant Joe, Sammy Price, Coot Grant	1992	Compil.
(1928-1933)	Leola B. Wilson & Wesley Wilson	1989	Compil.
Play That Thing / Come On Coot And Do That Thing	Ollie Powers' Harmony Syncopators / Coot Grant & Wesley Wilson		Album
Come On Coot And Do That Thing / Chicago Buzz	Coot Grant & Wesley Wilson / Junie Cobb's Hometown Band		Album

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