Jazz pianist and composer Jack Wilson was born on August 3, 1936, in Chicago
Illinois. He moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana when he was young, eventually
enrolling at the Fort Wayne College of Music to study piano. Inspired by the
music of George Shearing, he began to form his own small combos while also
playing in the Central High School ban. At the age of 15, he had become the
youngest member of the Fort Wayne Musicians Union. Two years later, he was the
substitute pianist in saxophonist James Moody’s band. After high school, he
spent a year-and-a-half attending Indiana University, ...