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Knowing Jack Wilson's tremendous technical facility at the piano, you might not think that he would write simple, profound and effective melodies such as Outa Sight. This composition is one you can enjoy playing regardless of your experience. It's ideal for inexperienced players and still fun for those with more experience.
Our audio excerpt starts with Jack's piano introduction, which is notated in the C treble clef lead sheet.
The Buy MP3 links point to Out Of Sight, the way the title is shown on the album.
Jack Wilson first recorded this composition in March, 1962, on an Earl Anderza date called "Outa Sight" for Pacific Jazz Records. On this earlier recording the feeling stays in a Latin groove for both melody and solos, eliminating the solo section hits that were used in the Roy Ayers recording.
Ayers had been a sideman on "The Jack Wilson Quartet" Atlantic Records date four months earlier (February 3, 1963). That album contains three more wonderful Jack Wilson compositions (all available on jazzleadsheets.com).
Pianist Jack Wilson was born in Chicago but moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, at age seven. By his fifteenth birthday, he had become the youngest member ever to join the Fort Wayne Musician’s Union. At the age of seventeen he played a two-week stint as a substitute pianist in James Moody’s band. After graduating from the local high school, Wilson spent a year and a half at Indiana University, where he met Freddie Hubbard and Slide Hampton. He went on to tour with a rock ‘n roll band, which led him to Columbus, Ohio, where he found the then-unknown Nancy Wilson and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. He settled there for a year, then moved to Atlantic City, where he led the house band at the local Cotton Club. Read more...
