Garland Wilson

An excellent stride pianist, Garland Wilson spent a lot of his profession in European countries which resulted in him getting underrated. After their studies at Howard School, he found NY in 1929 and performed frequently in Harlem for another three years, documenting being a soloist beginning in 1931. The next year he visited France as vocalist Nina Mae McKinney’s accompanist, and he performed regularly abroad in both THE UK and France, documenting as a head and with Nat Gonella. Because of World Battle II, Wilson came back towards the U.S. in 1939, where he proved helpful in nightclubs until heading back to Paris in 1951.