Remembering Trumpeter Abram Wilson [1973 -2012]

The close-knit UK jazz community has been shaken this weekend with the news of multi-award winning, trumpeter, vocalist, educator and composer Abram Wilson's untimely death. My interaction with him was fleeting, at most - maybe one or two quick conversations on Twitter in the past couple of years...

Students, former college bandmates, fans, family members and musicians have expressed their sadness, shock and loss on both his website and his Facebook page.

I wanted this to be a post that honored what his life meant to them.  Below you will find a few of the ways Abram Wilson touched lives with love, compassion, and a gentleness of spirit.

I pray that God strengthens his wife, family and friends as they go through these next few days and beyond.

Abram Wilson

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Jazz News You Can Use: May 7th 2011

Screen shot of the Elements of Jazz Twitter PagePeople have asked me over the last few years, "Just what the heck do you do on Twitter?" To some, Twitter is a bizarrely random universe where friend or foe can post 140-character virtual notes to the world.

Yes, that's it in a nutshell. (smile) But, Twitter is so much more than that. Whether it's a struggle against suffocating governments or the raid on Bin-Laden's compound in Pakistan, the Twitter community is always there giving us first-hand commentary and real-time photos of the action.

So, what does Twitter have to do with jazz?

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