Jimmy Cleveland

James Milton Cleveland
Background information
Birth name Jimmy Cleveland
Born May 3, 1926
Wartrace, Tennessee, United States
Died August 23, 2008 (aged 82)
Lynwood, California, United States
Genres Bop
Hard bop
Instruments trombone
Years active 1951-2008
Labels Emarcy Records
Verve Records
Associated acts Miles Davis

Jimmy Cleveland (May 3, 1926 – August 23, 2008[1]) was an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace, Tennessee.

Cleveland worked with many well-known jazz musicians, including Lionel Hampton, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Quincy Jones, Lucky Thompson, Gigi Gryce, Oscar Peterson, Oscar Pettiford and James Brown. He also recorded a sequence of albums for EmArcy/Mercury Records in the 1950s and 1960s. He continued to make records with Zion Records later in his career.

Cleveland died August 23, 2008 in Lynwood, California at age 82.[1]

Discography

As leader

As sideman

with Julian Cannonball Adderley:

With Gene Ammons

With Dorothy Ashby

With Art Blakey

With Brass Fever

with James Brown:

With Kenny Burrell

With Donald Byrd

with Clifford Coulter

With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

with Miles Davis:

with Gil Evans

With Art Farmer

With Dizzy Gillespie

With Benny Golson

With Johnny Griffin

with Gigi Gryce:

With Milt Jackson

with Antonio Carlos Jobim:

with Quincy Jones:

With Sam Jones

with Gene Krupa:

with Melba Liston:

With Mundell Lowe

With Junior Mance

With Charles Mingus

With Blue Mitchell

With the Modern Jazz Quartet

with Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967 (France Concerts. FC113) with Wes Montgomery:

With James Moody

With Oliver Nelson

with Phineas Newborn, Jr.

With Duke Pearson

With Tony Perkins

with Oscar Peterson:

with Oscar Pettiford:

With Sonny Rollins

with Jimmy Rushing:

with Lalo Schifrin

With Shirley Scott

with Jimmy Smith:

With Sonny Stitt

With Idrees Sulieman

with Billy Taylor

with Clark Terry:

with Lucky Thompson:

with Stanley Turrentine:

with Sarah Vaughan:

with Dinah Washington:

With Randy Weston

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jazztimes