Jimmy Cleveland

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Name = James Milton Cleveland


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Birth_name = Jimmy Cleveland
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Origin = flagicon|TennesseeWartrace, Tennessee
Died = August 23, 2008
Instrument = trombone
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Genre = Bop
Hard bop
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Label = Emarcy Records
Verve Records
Associated_acts = Miles Davis
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Jimmy Cleveland (May 3, 1926 - August 23, 2008) [http://jazztimes.com/columns_and_features/news/detail.cfm?article=11549] was an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace, Tennessee. Cleveland has 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.

Cleveland died August 23 in Lynwood, California at age 82. [http://jazztimes.com/columns_and_features/news/detail.cfm?article=11549]

elect Discography

* "Introducing Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars" (1955; EmArcy)
* "Cleveland Style" (1957; EmArcy)
* "A Map of Jimmy Cleveland" (1958; Mercury Records)
* "Rhythm Crazy" (1959; EmArcy)with Julian Cannonball Adderley:
* "Julian Cannonball Adderley" (1955; Verve)with James Brown:
* "Soul on Top" (1970; King/Verve)with Miles Davis:
* "Miles Ahead"
* "Porgy and Bess"with Gil Evans
*"Gil Evans & Ten"
*"The Individualism of Gil Evans"with Art Farmer:
* "Listen To Art Farmer and the Orchestra" (1962; Verve)with Gigi Gryce:
* "Street Scenes" (1953; Vogue)
* "Orchestra And Quartet" (1955; Signal Records)with Antonio Carlos Jobim:
* "The Composer Of "Desafinado", Plays" (1962; Verve)
* "Wave (Jobim album)" (1967)with Quincy Jones:
* "This Is How I Feel About Jazz" (ABC/Paramount)
* "My Fair Lady Loves Jazz" (ABC/Paramount)
* "The Birth of the Band" (1959, 1960; Verve)with Gene Krupa:
* "Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements" (1958; Verve)"'with Melba Liston:
*"Melba Liston and Her 'Bones" (1958; Fresh Sound Records)with Charles Mingus:
* "Epitaph" (1962)with Wes Montgomery:
* "Movin' Wes" (1963; Verve)with Oscar Peterson:
* "With Respect to Nat" (1965; Verve)with Oscar Pettiford:
* "Deep Passion" (Impulse)with Sonny Rollins:
* "Brass Trio" (1958; Verve)
* "Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass" (1958; Verve)with Jimmy Rushing:
* "Five Feet Of Soul" (1963; Roulette Records) with Jimmy Smith:
* "Bashin"' (1962; Verve)
* "Any Number Can Win" (1963; Verve)
* "The Cat...The Incredible Jimmy Smith" (1964; Verve)
* "Christmas '64" (1964; Verve)
* "The Dynamic Duo" w/ Wes Montgomery (1966; Verve)
* "Stay Loose" (1968; Verve)with Clark Terry:
* "Clark Terry" (1955, 1956; EmArcy)with Lucky Thompson:
* "Tricotism" (Impulse)with Sarah Vaughan:
* "¡Viva! Vaughan" (1958; Verve)with Dinah Washington:
* "For Those In Love" (1955; Mercury Records)
* "The Swingin' Miss "D" (1956; Verve)