Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson | |
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![]() Quentin Jackson in 1960 | |
Background information | |
Also known as | "Butter" Jackson |
Born | January 13, 1909 Springfield, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | October 2, 1976 (aged 67) New York City, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz |
Instruments | Trombone |
Quentin "Butter" Jackson[1] (January 13, 1909 – October 2, 1976)[2] was an American jazz trombonist.
Career
[edit]In the early stage of his career, Jackson worked with Cab Calloway for eight years.[2] Later, he was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and worked with Charles Mingus, Kenny Burrell, and others.[2]
On her album Dinah Sings Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington recorded a version of Bessie Smith's "Trombone Cholly" with Jackson on the horn, under the revised title, "Trombone Butter".[3]
Discography
[edit]With Louis Armstrong
- Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam, 1970)
With Dorothy Ashby
- The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby (Atlantic, 1965)
With Count Basie
- Basie at Birdland (Roulette, 1961)
- The Legend (Roulette, 1961)
- Back with Basie (Roulette, 1962)
- Basie in Sweden (Roulette, 1962)
With Kenny Burrell
- Blues - The Common Ground (Verve, 1967–68)
- Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Fantasy, 1975)
With Duke Ellington
- The 1953 Pasadena Concert (GNP Crescendo)
- Ellington '55 (Capitol)
- Ellington at Newport (Columbia 1956)
- All Star Road Band (Doctor Jazz, 1957 [1983])
- Newport 1958 (Columbia 1958)
- Blues in Orbit (Columbia)
- Anatomy of a Murder (Columbia, 1959)
With Ella Fitzgerald
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve, 1957)
With Johnny Hodges
- Ellingtonia '56 (Norgran, 1956)
- Duke's in Bed (Verve, 1956)
- The Big Sound (Verve, 1957)
- Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (Verve, 1961)
- 3 Shades of Blue (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
With Milt Jackson
- For Someone I Love (Riverside, 1963)
With Quincy Jones
- I Dig Dancers (Mercury, 1960)
- Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits (Mercury, 1963)
- Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (Mercury, 1964)
- Golden Boy (Mercury, 1964)
- Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1959-65 [1965])
With Herbie Mann
- Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965)
- Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966)
With Freddie McCoy
- Listen Here (Prestige, 1968)
With Charles Mingus
- The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1962 [1994])
- The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Impulse!, 1963)
- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Impulse!, 1963)
- Epitaph (Columbia, 1989)
With Wes Montgomery
- Movin' Wes (Verve, 1963/1997)
With Shirley Scott
- For Members Only (1963)
- Great Scott!! (1964)
- Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)
With Jimmy Smith
- Hoochie Coochie Man (Verve, 1966)
- Peter & The Wolf (Verve, 1966)
With Clark Terry
- Duke with a Difference (Riverside, 1957)
With Dinah Washington
- The Swingin' Miss "D" (1956)
- Blue Gardenia
- Dinah Sings Bessie Smith (1956–57)
With Billy Strayhorn
- Cue for Saxophone (Felsted, 1959)
With Randy Weston
- Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)
- Highlife (Colpix, 1963)
References
[edit]- ^ Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, Oxford University Press, US, 2007 ISBN 9780195320008
- ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1252. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ "Dinah Washington Sings Bessie Smith - Dinah Washington | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- AllMusic
- Quentin "Butter" Jackson papers and artifacts, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University
- 1909 births
- 1976 deaths
- Duke Ellington Orchestra members
- American jazz trombonists
- American male trombonists
- Musicians from Springfield, Ohio
- 20th-century American musicians
- 20th-century trombonists
- American male jazz musicians
- The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra members
- McKinney's Cotton Pickers members
- The Cab Calloway Orchestra members
- 20th-century American male musicians
- American jazz trombonist stubs
- People from Springfield, Ohio
- People from Clark County, Ohio