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Jimmy Cleveland

tb, 1926-2008 US, Wartrace, Tennessee
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. James Cleveland James Van Dyke Jimmy O'Heigho

Jimmy Cleveland (May 3, 1926 – August 23, 2008) 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.

     
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Pop
  • Soundtrack
Plays With
All Star Big Band
Andy Kirk And His Clouds Of Joy
Art Blakey's Big Band
Art Farmer Tentet
Buddy Rich And His Orchestra
Cannonball Adderley And His Orchestra
Clifford Brown Big Band
Don Redman All Stars
Earl Hines And His Orchestra
George Russell Orchestra
George Wallington And His Band
George Williams And His Orchestra
Gerald Wilson Orchestra of The 80's
Gigi Gryce Octet
Gil Evans And His Orchestra
Jerome Richardson Sextet
Jim Timmens And His Jazz All-Stars
Jim Timmens And His Swinging Brass
Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars
Jimmy Cleveland Octet
Jimmy Cleveland Septet
Jimmy Cleveland Sextet
Joe Newman And His Orchestra
Johnny Richards And His Orchestra
Lionel Hampton All Stars
Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
Lionel Hampton And His Paris All Stars
Lionel Hampton Group
Manny Albam And His Jazz Greats
Miles Davis + 19
Milt Jackson And Big Brass
Milt Jackson Orchestra
Mundell Lowe And His All Stars
Oliver Nelson And His Orchestra
Oscar Pettiford Orchestra
Quincy Jones And His Orchestra
Quincy Jones' All Star Big Band
Ray Brown All-Star Big Band
Ray Ellis And His Orchestra
Sam Jones & Co.
Seldon Powell Sextet
Sonny Rollins Quintet
Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra
Thad Jones & Mel Lewis
The Art Farmer Septet
The Blue Mitchell Orchestra
The Jazz Interactions Orchestra
The Prestige All Stars
The Quincy Jones Big Band
The Zoot Sims Al Cohn Septet
Thelonious Monk Nonet
Tony Scott And His Orchestra
Tony Scott Tentet
Urbie Green And Twenty Of The "World's Greatest"
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Woody Herman And The Fourth Herd
The Trombones, Inc.
Azie Mortimer
The All-Star Jazz Band
The Ray Brown Big Band
The Billy Taylor Orchestra
The Brass Bed
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Big Band
Oscar Peterson Trio & Orchestra
The Rhythm Section
The Jazz Lab Quintet
The Cat Anderson Orchestra
Gigi Gryce And His Big Band
Birdland Dream Band
The Porgy And Bess All-Stars
Cat Anderson And His Orchestra
Dee Lawson
Thad Jones Ensemble*
Popular Tracks   
I'm Glad There Is You on The Greatest Jazz Albums of 1956, Vol. 2 by Cannonball Adderley & The Jazz Messengers
Little Girl Blue on The Greatest Jazz Albums of 1956, Vol. 2 by Cannonball Adderley & The Jazz Messengers
Casa de Marcel on The Greatest Jazz Albums of 1956, Vol. 2 by Cannonball Adderley & The Jazz Messengers
Dog My Cats on The Greatest Jazz Albums of 1956, Vol. 2 by Cannonball Adderley & The Jazz Messengers
T's Tune on The Greatest Jazz Albums of 1956, Vol. 2 by Cannonball Adderley & The Jazz Messengers
Broadway at Basin Street on The Greatest Jazz Albums of 1956, Vol. 2 by Cannonball Adderley & The Jazz Messengers
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea on The Greatest Jazz Albums of 1956, Vol. 2 by Cannonball Adderley & The Jazz Messengers
Junior's Tune on The Greatest Jazz Albums of 1956, Vol. 2 by Cannonball Adderley & The Jazz Messengers
Dues Blues on The Trombones, Inc. by Bob Brookmeyer, Jimmy Cleveland & Frank Rosolino
Blues for Bohemia on The Greatest Jazz Albums of 1956, Vol. 2 by Cannonball Adderley & The Jazz Messengers

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
The Trombones Inc.Bob Brookmeyer, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rosolino2007Compil.
Complete RecordingsJimmy Cleveland2006Compil.
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 35Thelonious Monk, Phil Woods, Jimmy Cleveland, Max Roach1981Compil.
A Map Of Jimmy ClevelandJimmy Cleveland1959Album
Rhythm CrazyJimmy Cleveland1959Album
Cleveland Style Vol 1Jimmy Cleveland1958Single
Cleveland StyleJimmy Cleveland1958Album
Cleveland Style Vol. 2Jimmy Cleveland1958Single
Seldon Powell Sextet Featuring Jimmy Cleveland, Vol. 2Seldon Powell Sextet Featuring Jimmy Cleveland1956Single
Seldon Powell Sextet Featuring Jimmy ClevelandSeldon Powell Sextet Featuring Jimmy Cleveland1956Album
TrombonesFrank Wess, Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Jimmy Cleveland, Benny Powell1956Album
Gigi Gryce · Thelonious Monk · Percy Heath · Art Blakey · Horace Silver · Art Farmer · Kenny Clarke · Cecil Payne · Jimmy Cleveland · Oscar Pettiford · Julius WatkinsGigi Gryce · Thelonious Monk · Percy Heath · Art Blakey · Horace Silver · Art Farmer · Kenny Clarke · Cecil Payne · Jimmy Cleveland · Oscar Pettiford · Julius Watkins1955Album
The Many Faces Of Jazz Vol. 8Gigi Gryce - Clifford Brown - Art Farmer - Jimmy ClevelandCompil.
Tops On TromboneJimmy ClevelandAlbum
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