Bert Wilson

Artist: Bert Wilson

Similar Artists:

Albert Mangelsdorff, Tim Berne, Sam Rivers, Peter Brötzmann, Roscoe Mitchell, Maurice McIntyre, Joseph Jarman, Ernie Krivda, Bennie Wallace

Worked With:

James Zitro

Active: '80s, '90s
Genres: Jazz
Instrument: Sax (Tenor), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Alto)
Representative Albums: "Live at the Zoo
Representative Songs: "Endless Fingers", "Ambrosia", "Dee Dee's Rainbow

Biography

A skilled creative improvisational player, saxophonist Bert Wilson was little known to all but the most dedicated jazz buffs. A skilled and original performer equally at home on tenor, alto, and soprano, he first emerged during the 1960s, appearing on records from the likes of Sonny Simmons and James Zitro. When Wilson finally began leading his own dates years later, most of his albums were released on his own FMO label, and as a result were never privy to the kind of wide distribution they deserved. Those issued on other, more high-profile labels, like 1986's The Next Rebirth and 1994's Endless Fingers, typically earned high marks from critics. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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This article is about the baseball broadcaster. For the ice hockey player, see Bert Wilson (ice hockey).

Bert Wilson was a play-by-play broadcaster for Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs from 1944 to 1955. He was an unabashed "homer", known for two catchphrases: "I don't care who wins, as long as it's the Cubs!" and "Sic 'em, Cubs!" He also invented a short-lived catchphrase for the double play combination of Ernie Banks, Gene Baker and Steve Bilko: "Bingo to Bango to Bilko". This phrase did not threaten the fame of "Tinker to Evers to Chance".

The Cubs were contenders when Wilson first began covering them, but by the mid-50s they were engaged in an annual battle with the Pittsburgh Pirates for last place in the National League. Following the 1955 season, Wilson signed with the Cincinnati Reds to do play-by-play on television. However, coincidentally or otherwise, Wilson died from heart failure in November, prior to the start of the 1956 season.

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