- Jimmy Mundy
Jimmy Mundy (
28 June 1907 –24 April 1983 ) was an Americanjazz tenor saxophonist, arranger, andcomposer , best known for his arrangements forBenny Goodman andCount Basie .Mundy was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio , and gained his arranging skills in the 1920s while playing with local bands led byErskine Tate ,Tommy Miles , andCarroll Dickerson . In 1932 he joinedEarl Hines for four years, originally as a saxophonist, but swiftly developing a reputation as an arranger. After selling one of his arrangements to Benny Goodman in 1935, Goodman hired him away from Hines, and Mundy became Goodman's staff arranger.Mundy was also a significant supplier of arrangements to Count Basie (from about 1940 to 1947), as well as writing for
Gene Krupa ,Paul Whiteman ,Dizzy Gillespie (in 1949),Charlie Spivak ,Harry James , and many others. He briefly led his own band in 1939, but afterWorld War II he returned to arranging for Basie, James, and others.In 1959, Mundy moved to
Paris , where he was musical director forBarclay Records , returning to the U.S. in the 1960s. He continued an active career as a writer into the 1970s.Discography
*1937–1947: "Jimmy Mundy 1947–1947" (Classics)
*1958: "On a Mundy Flight" (Epic)
*2002: "Fiesta in Brass" (Golden Era)ources and external links
*Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, & Brian Priestley. "Jazz: The Rough Guide". ISBN 1-85828-528-3
*Richard Cook & Brian Morton. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD" 6th edition. ISBN 0-14-051521-6* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:im3zefukhgf5~T1 Jimmy Mundy] — brief biography by Scott Yanow, for AllMusic
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