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There Is More Than One Artist With This Name Including 1 Jack Wilkins Born Jack Rivers Lewis On 4 June 1944 Died 5 May 2023 Was An American Jazz Guitarist 2 Jack Wilkins Born Ashby Jackson Wilkins Is An American Jazz Saxophonist. 1 Jack Wilkins Born Jack Rivers Lewis In Brooklyn NYC On 4 June 1944 Died 5 May 2023 Was An American Jazz Guitarist. Wilkins Grew Up Listening To His Parents' Music - Ella Fitzgerald Frank Sinatra And Billie Holiday. He Started Playing Guitar When He Was Thirteen. He Had An Older Cousin Who Played Albums For Him By Charlie Christian Tal Farlow Django Reinhardt And Johnny Smith. He Cited Smith's Designed For You As One Of The Albums That Meant The Most To Him In Addition To Sounds Of Synanon By Joe Pass Poll Winners By Barney Kessel The Swinging Guitar Of Tal Farlow And Interpretations Of Tal Farlow. Having Studied With John Mehegan Early On Learning Vibes Piano And Classical Guitar His Main Instrument Throughout His Career Was Jazz Guitar. He Gained A Strong Reputation During His Long Association With Buddy Rich. While Still In His Teens He Worked As A Guitarist In Bands Led By Les Elgart Larry Elgart Warren Covington And Sammy Kaye. Wilkins Worked With Dan Armstrong Lew Soloff Lew Tabackin And Lloyd Wells. In His Twenties He Worked As A Vibraphonist. He Formed The Band The Jazz Partners And Played Vibes With Pianist Barry Manilow Who Admired The Work Of Bill Evans Oscar Peterson And Barney Kessel. Wilkins And Manilow Arranged Songs From Kessel's Albums For Their Group. A Copy Of His First Solo Album Windows Mainstream 1973 Found Its Way Into The Hands Of Buddy Rich's Manager. Wilkins Then Became A Member Of The Buddy Rich Septet. Wilkins Also Worked With Kenny Barron Frank Foster Sonny Fortune Stan Getz Dizzy Gillespie Lionel Hampton Jimmy McGriff Sal Nistico Zoot Sims Sonny Stitt Jack DeJohnette Phil Woods And The Brecker Brothers. He Recorded As A Sideman With Jack DeJohnette Eddie Gomez Phil Woods Harvie Swartz And The Brecker Brothers Among Others. His Own Recordings For Mainstream Music Masters CTI And Especially His Pair Of Essential Chiaroscuro Albums In 1977 The Single CD Merge Reissued All Of The Music Except One Song Show His Talents. 2 Jack Wilkins Born Ashby Jackson Wilkins Is An American Jazz Saxophonist. He Has Released "Ridge Lines" In 2002 "The Blue & Green Project" In 2011 "The Rundle Sessions" In 2019. read less