Jimmy Grier

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Jimmy Grier

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Composer of Pop and Jazz
A.k.a. James W. Grier.

American jazz clarinetist,composer and bandleader. He worked with : Abe Lyman, George Stoll and Gus Arnheim group's. He was popular bandleader (mid-30s) and recorded for Brunswick, Columbia and Decca Records. Born : March 17, 1902 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Died : June 04, 1959 in Los Angeles, California Grier was a musician in dance orchestras and led his own orchestra from 1931-1933. He collaborated with Pinky Tomlin on numerous popular songs including "Music in the Moonlight", "Bon Voyage", "Remember Cherie", "Hollywood at Vine", "Silver River", "Anitra's Boogie", "What's the Reason?", and "Ivy-Covered Harbor".

Genres

Pop
Jazz
Soundtrack

Plays With

Jimmy Grier And His Orchestra

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
The Greatest Recordings Of The Big Band Era	Red Norvo / Ben Pollack / Jimmy Grier / Lennie Hayton	1984	Compil.

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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