Quentin Jackson
American jazz trombonist

Quentin Jackson

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American jazz trombonist
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
Is:
Jazz musicianTrombonist
Work field:
Music
Birth:
13 January 1909(Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA)
Death:
2 October 1976(New York City, New York, USA)
Star sign:
Capricorn
Genres:
Jazz
Instruments:
Trombone
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Introduction

Quentin "Butter" Jackson (January 13, 1909 – October 2, 1976) was an American jazz trombonist.

Career

In the early stage of his career, Jackson worked with Cab Calloway for eight years. Later, he was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and worked with Charles Mingus, Kenny Burrell, and others.

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".

Discography

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)