American jazz pianist. In 1935 he joined the Benny Goodman Trio. By joining the Trio, Wilson became the first black musician to perform with a previously all-white jazz group. In the 1930s he recorded fifty hit records with various singers, including many of Billie Holiday’s most successful records. Dramatic vintage sepia glossy 8 x 10 photo of Wilson at the piano, signed in fountain pen. The consignor’s notations on the reverse indicate the photo was signed in 1936. In very good condition, with scattered surface impressions, trivial soiling in the borders, adhesive residue on reverse, slight smudging to a couple letters of the signature. R&R COA.
