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Reuben Wilson (born April 9, 1935) is a jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
organist

Organist

An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ . An organist may play organ repertoire, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist....
, performer of the Hammond B3. He plays acid jazz

Acid jazz

Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly Music loop beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic music dance/pop music: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers and Donald Byrd are often credited as forerunners of aci...
, though he also performed in the soul jazz

Soul jazz

Soul jazz was a development of hard bop which incorporated strong influences from blues, gospel and rhythm and blues in music for small groups, often the organ trio which featured the Hammond organ....
idiom. Wilson began performing in the 1960s.

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Reuben Wilson (born April 9, 1935) is a jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
organist

Organist

An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ . An organist may play organ repertoire, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist....
, performer of the Hammond B3. He plays acid jazz

Acid jazz

Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly Music loop beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic music dance/pop music: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers and Donald Byrd are often credited as forerunners of aci...
, though he also performed in the soul jazz

Soul jazz

Soul jazz was a development of hard bop which incorporated strong influences from blues, gospel and rhythm and blues in music for small groups, often the organ trio which featured the Hammond organ....
idiom. Wilson began performing in the 1960s.

Partial discography

On Broadway (Blue Note, 1968)
Love Bug (Blue Note, 1969)
Blue Mode (Blue Note, 1969)
Groovy Situation (Blue Note, 1970)
Set Us Free (Blue Note, 1971)
The Sweet Life (Groove Merchant, 1972)
Bad Stuff (Groove Merchant, 1973)
The Cisco Kid (Groove Merchant, 1974)