Jazz organist Reuben Wilson - born in Mounds, Oklahoma on April 9, 1935 – was
best known for his song “Got to Get Your Own” and for his influence on the acid
jazz movement. Born in Oklahoma, his family relocated to Pasadena, California
when he was five years old. He taught himself to play piano and by the time he
was 17, he had settled in Los Angeles and began to pursue music as a career.
Switching from piano to electric organ, he began playing jazz clubs in both Los
Angeles and Las Vegas, Nevada. Moving to New York in 1966, Reuben Wilson formed
soul jazz trio The Wildare Express...