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Professional Career

In 1939, Gibson was introduced to tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins and trumpeter Harry James, two virtuoso bandleaders who had formed their own big bands. She wrote an arrangement of What A Wonderful World, which exists in broadcast recordings by both bands, and gives a clear picture of her burgeoning style. Gibson cited composer/arranger Jimmy Mundy as her primary inspiration, and his straight-forward concept is clearly audible in this early Gibson work.