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Gini Wilson
The SFCJQ has made waves in the San Francisco area and nationally. Their concerts and recent CDs, SFCJQ (2005) and The Crossing Point, (2003) and were heard extensively on national jazz radio stations and gained national attention and praise…
"With her effortless technique and thorough knowledge of the classic piano literature of both Europe and America, Gini Wilson joins the noble tradition of George Shearing, Lenny Tristano and Bill Evans in merging the best of 'classical ' music with the best of jazz." Grover Sales, jazz author, historian and critic
Gini and the SFCJQ appear regularly in jazz festivals and concerts in Northern California such as The Bach Dynamite and Dancing Society, San Jose Jazz Festival, Jazz at Kuumbwa, The Whale and Jazz Festival in Gualala, Music in the Mountains Festival, Jazz in Jackson Hole, Wyo. and the San Miguel de Allende International Festival in Mexico and many others.
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Take Five With Gini Wilson: The Duchess
by AAJ Staff
Meet Gini Wilson: The Duchess: Gini Wilson, known as The Duchess, is legendary in the Bay area as a brilliant jazz pianist, entertainer, and composer. Gini performs regularly at Jazz Festivals, well-known jazz clubs such as Jazz at Pearls, and Shanghai 1930 in San Francisco and Kuumbwa in Santa Cruz; in solo and with her groups. In many television and radio projects, concerts and interviews she is also noted for her irreverent sense of humor. Her nationally recognized ...
read moreGini Wilson Quartet: The Crossing Point
by Ken Hohman
The concept of combining elements of classical music with jazz is hardly a new one. George Shearing, Miles Davis, Andre Previn and Bill Evans are just a few of the countless artists to blur the lines between the nightclub the concert hall. With Crossing Point, enormously gifted Bay Area pianist and composer Gini Wilson (a.k.a. The Duchess) puts her own spin on the concept with a musical direction she has labeled chamberjazz." With the intuitive support of Steve Heckman on ...
read moreGini Wilson: The Duchess Releases a New CD of Solo Piano Jazz
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Michael Ricci
Best of the Vintage Solo Piano Jazz
Pianist Gini Wilson: The Duchess, is the Director and co-founder of the well known San Francisco ChamberJazz Quartet. Best of the Vintage contains lyrical and haunting arrangements of well-loved jazz standards, two pop songs, two bossa novas by the famed composer Amandio Cabral, and some emotionally resonant originals by the legendary Bay Area pianist.
Wilson is a highly trained musician who is informed by the best elements of classical music and jazz. Emotion-drenched ...
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Primary Instrument
Piano
Willing to teach
Advanced only
Credentials/Background
Performing jazz pianist; fully credentialed M.Music; member of International Association of Jazz Educators, ChamberMusic of America and Music Teachers Association California Branch Master Class: "The Spirit of Improvisation; Lifting classical Player Off The Page" e-mail: [email protected]
Clinic/Workshop Information
Master Class: "The Spirit of Improvisation; Lifting classical Player Off The Page" e-mail: [email protected]