Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1975, Abram Wilson grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana where he attended the New Orleans Center For Creative Arts (NOCCA), a school specialising in jazz and classical music. After graduating from NOCCA and high-school, he studied classical trumpet with Larry Griffin at Ohio Wesleyan University. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in music education, he continued studying music at the Eastman Conservatory in Rochester, New York where he got his masters degree, studying jazz performance and composition with Ralph Alessi...
