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Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra: I'm Thankful

Read "I'm Thankful" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


In previous musical lives, Spanky Wilson recorded more than half a dozen albums and performed and recorded with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Marvin Gaye, Jimmy Smith and Sammy Davis Jr. The Philadelphia-born and bred musician moved to Los Angeles then in the early 1980s relocated to France, where she spent more than a decade as a jazz singer before returning to LA in 2000.

Upon her return, she was “discovered by multi-instrumentalist and producer Will Holland. Before they ...

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Ubiquity to Release Spanky Wilson & QSO's Debut Oct. 10

Ubiquity to Release Spanky Wilson & QSO's Debut Oct. 10

Source: All About Jazz

AT LONG LAST, SPANKY WILSON & THE QUANTIC SOUL ORCHESTRA'S FULL-LENGTH COLLABORATION, I'M THANKFUL*, WILL BE RELEASED OCTOBER 10, 2006 ON UBIQUITY

Since she burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, Spanky Wilson has performed and recorded with the likes of Marvin Gaye, Sammy Davis Jr., Lalo Schifrin, Jimmy Smith, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Pretty Purdie and Willie Bobo. Renowned as a soul, blues and jazz singer on both sides of the Atlantic, she has consistently released quality music ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

I'm Thankful

Ubiquity Records
2007

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