Don Wilkerson
Born on Moreauville, Louisiana on July 6, 1932, Don Wilkerson was a jazz and
soul tenor saxophonist best known for his solo releases on Blue Note Records
which featured guitarist Grant Green. Growing up in Moreauville, he learned to
play saxophone while in his teens, eventually moving to Houston, Texas and
performing with Amos Milburn and Charles Brown. In the mid-t0-late 1950s, he
became a popular sideman and recorded studio sessions with Milburn. Don
Wilkerson also performed on classic ‘50s and early 1960s recordings by Ray
Charles including “I Got a Woman,” “Hallelujah I Love ...
