Gerald Wilson Monterey Jazz Festival 2007 © Paul Slaughter

This is the 90th year of the great American jazz orchestra leader and composer, Gerald Wilson. I recall playing his inventive music in the late sixties when I was a disc jockey on KBCA-FM, a jazz radio station in Los Angeles. In 2007 I had the good fortune to attend and photograph the 50th Anniversary of the Monterey Jazz Festival, and hear the exciting sounds of Gerald and his great orchestra. Another treat was having a Sunday morning breakfast with Gerald and his lovely wife, Josephine, along with a few other photographers covering the Festival. A great morning with a most gracious couple.