Abram Wilson

New Orleans jazz trumpeter and composer who became a pillar of the London music sceneLike his New Orleans compatriot Wynton Marsalis, the jazz trumpeter Abram Wilson, who has died of colon cancer aged 38, was an exponent of quicksilver technique, blues eloquence, rich tone and an understanding of the whole jazz-brass tradition from Louis Armstrong onwards – and like Marsalis, the London-based Wilson was good at talking to audiences about why it mattered. He was a fine vocalist too, with an eff...

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