James Milton Cleveland (May 3, 1926 – August 23, 2008) was an American
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
trombonist born in
Wartrace, Tennessee
Wartrace is a town in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 548 at the 2000 census and 651 at the 2010 census. It is located northeast of Shelbyville. The downtown area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...
.
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Cleveland was signed by
EmArcy Records in 1955. Cleveland was married to jazz vocalist
Janet Thurlow. He died on August 23, 2008, in
Lynwood, California
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, at the age of 82.
He was buried beside his wife at
Riverside National Cemetery
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.
Discography
As leader
* ''
Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars'' (
EmArcy, 1955)
* ''
Cleveland Style'' (EmArcy, 1957)
* ''
A Map of Jimmy Cleveland'' (Mercury, 1958)
* ''
Rhythm Crazy'' (EmArcy, 1959
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As sideman
with
Julian Cannonball Adderley
* ''
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single " Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", wh ...
'' (EmArcy, 1955)
With
Gene Ammons
* ''
Free Again'' (
Prestige
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Prestige may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Films
* ''Prestige'' (film), a 1932 American film directed by Tay Garnet ...
, 1971)
With
Dorothy Ashby
Dorothy Jeanne Thompson (August 6, 1932 – April 13, 1986), better known as Dorothy Ashby, was an American jazz harpist, singer and composer. Hailed as one of the most "unjustly under loved jazz greats of the 1950s" and the "most accomplished ...
* ''
The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby'' (
Atlantic
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, 1965)
With
Art Blakey
* ''
Art Blakey Big Band
''Art Blakey Big Band'' (also called ''Art Blakey's Big Band'' and ''Art Blakey and his Drivin' Big Band'') is an album by drummer Art Blakey recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Bethlehem label.Bethlehem
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, 1957)
With
Brass Fever
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Their second album charted a ...
* ''
Time Is Running Out'' (
Impulse!, 1976)
with
James Brown
* ''
Soul on Top
''Soul on Top'' is the 28th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in April 1970, by King. Brown and saxophonist Maceo Parker worked with arranger/ conductor Oliver Nelson to record a big band, funk and jazz voca ...
'' (
King
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*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
/
Verve, 1970)
With
Ruth Brown
* ''
Miss Rhythm'' (Atlantic, 1959)
With
Kenny Burrell
Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 ...
* ''
Blues - The Common Ground
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'' (Verve, 1968)
* ''
Night Song'' (Verve, 1969)
With
Donald Byrd
* ''
Jazz Lab'' (
Columbia, 1957) - co-led with
Gigi Gryce
Gigi Gryce (born George General Grice Jr.; November 28, 1925 – March 14, 1983), later Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator.
While his performing career was relatively short, ...
* ''
Modern Jazz Perspective
''Modern Jazz Perspective'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, with featured vocalist Jackie Paris, recorded in 1957 for the Columbia label.
Reception
Track listing
''All compositions by Gigi Gryce e ...
'' (Columbia, 1957) - co-led with Gigi Gryce
* ''
I'm Tryin' to Get Home'' (
Blue Note
In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note that—for expressive purposes—is sung or played at a slightly different pitch from standard. Typically the alteration is between a quartertone and a semitone, but this varies depending on the musical c ...
, 1965)
with
Clifford Coulter
* ''
Do It Now!'' (Impulse!, 1971)
With
Hank Crawford
* ''
Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul'' (Atlantic, 1969)
With
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Edward F. Davis (March 2, 1922 – November 3, 1986), known professionally as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
It is unclear how he acquired the moniker "Lockjaw" (later shortened in "Jaws"): it is either said that ...
* ''
Trane Whistle'' (Prestige, 1960)
with
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musi ...
* ''
Miles Ahead'' (Columbia, 1957)
* ''
Porgy and Bess
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'' (Columbia, 1958)
With
Teddy Edwards
Theodore Marcus Edwards (April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Biography
Edwards was born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. He learned to play at a very early age, first on alto saxophone and the ...
*''
Mississippi Lad'' (Verve/Gitanes, 1991)
with
Gil Evans
Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role i ...
* ''
Gil Evans & Ten'' (Prestige, 1957)
* ''
The Individualism of Gil Evans
''The Individualism of Gil Evans'' is an album by pianist, conductor, arranger and composer Gil Evans originally released on the Verve label in 1964. It features Evans' big band arrangements of five original compositions (two cowritten with Miles ...
'' (Verve, 1964)
* ''
Blues in Orbit'' (
Enja, 1969–71)
With
Art Farmer
* ''
The Art Farmer Septet'' (Prestige, 1953–54)
* ''
Brass Shout'' (
United Artists
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, 1959)
* ''
The Aztec Suite'' (United Artists, 1959)
* ''
Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra'' (
Mercury, 1962)
With
Maynard Ferguson
* ''
Ridin' High'' (Enterprise, 1967)
With
Dizzy Gillespie
* ''
Jazz Recital'' (
Norgran, 1955)
With
Benny Golson
* ''
Benny Golson's New York Scene'' (
Contemporary
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, 1957)
With
Johnny Griffin
John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of ...
* ''
White Gardenia'' (
Riverside, 1961)
with
Gigi Gryce
Gigi Gryce (born George General Grice Jr.; November 28, 1925 – March 14, 1983), later Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator.
While his performing career was relatively short, ...
* ''Street Scenes'' (
Vogue
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Business
* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Australia'', an Australian fashion magazine
** ''Vogue China'', ...
, 1953)
* ''Orchestra and Quartet'' (Signal, 1955); reissued as ''
Nica's Tempo'' (
Savoy)
With
Friedrich Gulda
Friedrich Gulda (16 May 1930 – 27 January 2000) was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields.
Biography Early life and career
Born in Vienna the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano ...
*''Friedrich Gulda at Birdland'' (RCA Victor, 1957)
*''A Man of Letters'' (Decca, 1957)
With
Chico Hamilton
* ''
The Gamut'' (
Solid State, 1968)
With
Milt Jackson
* ''
Plenty, Plenty Soul'' (Atlantic, 1957)
* ''
Big Bags'' (Riverside, 1962)
* ''
For Someone I Love
''For Someone I Love'' is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring big band performances arranged by Melba Liston recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label. '' (Riverside, 1963)
* ''
Ray Brown / Milt Jackson'' with
Ray Brown (Verve, 1965)
* ''
Memphis Jackson
''Memphis Jackson'' is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances with the Ray Brown Big Band recorded in 1969 for the Impulse! label. '' (Impulse!, 1969)
with
Antonio Carlos Jobim
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* ''The Composer of "Desafinado", Plays'' (Verve, 1962)
* ''
Wave
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'' (
CTI, 1967)
With
J. J. Johnson
* ''
J.J.!'' (RCA Victor, 1964)
With
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...
* ''
Jazz Abroad'' (Emarcy, 1955)
* ''
This Is How I Feel About Jazz'' (
ABC-Paramount, 1957)
* ''
The Birth of a Band!'' (Mercury, 1959)
* ''
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones'' (Mercury, 1959)
* ''
I Dig Dancers'' (Mercury, 1960)
*''
Quincy Plays for Pussycats
''Quincy Plays for Pussycats'' is an album by Quincy Jones featuring sessions recorded between 1959 and 1965 which was released on the Mercury label.Matsubayashi, KMercury Records Collection: SR-61050: Quincy Plays For Pussycats / Quincy Jones/re ...
'' (Mercury, 1959-65
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* ''
Walking in Space'' (A&M, 1969)
With
Sam Jones
* ''
Down Home'' (Riverside, 1962)
with
Gene Krupa
Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973), known as Gene Krupa, was an American jazz drummer, bandleader and composer who performed with energy and showmanship. His drum solo on Benny Goodman's 1937 recording of " Sing, Sing, ...
* ''Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements'' (Verve, 1958)
with
Melba Liston
Melba Doretta Liston (January 13, 1926 – April 23, 1999) was an American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer. Other than those playing in all-female bands she was the first woman trombonist to play in big bands during the 1940s and 1960s, ...
* ''
Melba Liston and Her 'Bones
''Melba Liston and Her 'Bones'' is the sole album led by trombonist, arranger and composer Melba Liston, recorded for the MetroJazz label in 1958.Fitzgerald, MMelba Liston Leader Entry accessed March 6, 2018
Reception
The All About Jazz revie ...
'' (MetroJazz, 1958)
With
Mundell Lowe
* ''
TV Action Jazz!'' (
RCA Camden
The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded as the Radio Corporation of America in 1919. It was initially a patent pool, patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Westin ...
, 1959)
*
''Satan in High Heels'' (soundtrack) (Charlie Parker, 1961)
With
Junior Mance
Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. (October 10, 1928 – January 17, 2021), known as Junior Mance, was an American jazz pianist and composer.
Biography Early life (1928–1947)
Mance was born in Evanston, Illinois. When he was five years old, Mance st ...
* ''
The Soul of Hollywood'' (
Jazzland, 1962)
With
Gary McFarland
Gary Robert McFarland (October 23, 1933 – November 3, 1971) was an American composer, arranger, vibraphonist and vocalist. He recorded for the jazz imprints Verve and Impulse! Records during the 1960s. '' Down Beat magazine'' said he made "on ...
* ''
Soft Samba
''Soft Samba'' is a 1964 album by jazz arranger and vibraphonist Gary McFarland. A follow up album, '' Soft Samba Strings'', was released in 1966.
Reception
The initial ''Billboard'' magazine review from February 20, 1965 wrote that even though ...
'' (Verve, 1963)
With
Carmen McRae
Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpre ...
* ''
Something to Swing About'' (
Kapp, 1959)
With
Charles Mingus
* ''
The Complete Town Hall Concert'' (United Artists, 1962
lue Note, 1994
With
Blue Mitchell
Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk. He recorded albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records, and ...
* ''
Smooth as the Wind'' (Riverside, 1961)
With the
Modern Jazz Quartet
* ''
Jazz Dialogue'' (Atlantic, 1965)
With
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", ...
* ''Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967'' (
France's Concert)
With
Wes Montgomery
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. Montgomery was known for an unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a dist ...
* ''
Movin' Wes
''Movin' Wes'' is an album by the American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1964. It reached number 18 on the ''Billboard'' jazz albums chart in 1967, his second album to reach the charts after '' Bumpin.
History
''Movin' Wes'' was ...
'' (Verve, 1963)
With
James Moody
* ''
Moody and the Brass Figures'' (
Milestone
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, 1966)
With
Oliver Nelson
Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album ''The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1961) is regarded as one of the most signifi ...
* ''
Happenings
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History
Origins
Allan Kaprow first coined the term "happen ...
'' with
Hank Jones (Impulse!, 1966)
* ''
Encyclopedia of Jazz
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'' (Verve, 1966)
* ''
The Sound of Feeling'' (Verve, 1966)
* ''
The Spirit of '67'' co-led with
Pee Wee Russell
Charles Ellsworth "Pee Wee" Russell (March 27, 1906 – February 15, 1969), was an American jazz musician. Early in his career he played clarinet and saxophones, but he eventually focused solely on clarinet.
With a highly individualistic and sp ...
(Impulse!, 1967)
With
Phineas Newborn, Jr.
* ''
Phineas Newborn, Jr. Plays Harold Arlen's Music from Jamaica'' (
RCA Victor, 1957)
With
Joe Newman
* ''
Salute to Satch'' (RCA Victor, 1956)
With
Duke Pearson
* ''
Now Hear This'' (Blue Note, 1968)
With Tony Perkins
* ''
On a Rainy Afternoon'' (RCA Victor, 1958)
with
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards ...
* ''
With Respect to Nat'' (Verve, 1965)
with
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom.
Biography
Pettiford was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United ...
* ''
Basically Duke'' (Bethlehem, 1954)
* ''
The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi'' (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
With
Specs Powell
*''
Movin' In'' (Roulette, 1957)
With
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson (November 15, 1920 – June 23, 2000) was an American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist, and flute player, who also played soprano sax, alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto flute and piccolo. He played with C ...
*''
Midnight Oil'' (New Jazz, 1959)
With
Sonny Rollins
* ''
Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass'' (MetroJazz, 1958; reissued as ''Brass & Trio'', Verve)
with
Jimmy Rushing
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Rushing was known as " Mr. Five by ...
* ''Five Feet of Soul'' (
Roulette, 1963)
with
Lalo Schifrin
* ''
New Fantasy'' (Verve, 1964)
* ''
Once a Thief and Other Themes'' (Verve, 1965)
With
Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American jazz organist. Her music was noted for its mixture of bebop, blues and gospel elements. She was known by the nickname "Queen of the Organ".
Life and career
Scott was born in Phi ...
* ''
For Members Only'' (Impulse! 1963)
with
Jimmy Smith
* ''
Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith'' (Verve, 1962)
* ''
Any Number Can Win'' (Verve, 1963)
* ''
The Cat...The Incredible Jimmy Smith'' (Verve, 1964)
* ''
Christmas '64'' (Verve, 1964)
* ''
Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo'' w/
Wes Montgomery
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. Montgomery was known for an unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a dist ...
(Verve, 1966)
* ''Stay Loose'' (Verve, 1968)
With
Sonny Stitt
* ''
Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones
''Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones'' is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Roost label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, MRoyal Roost/Roost Album Discographyaccessed January 2, 2 ...
'' (
Roost, 1955)
* ''
Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass'' (Atlantic, 1962)
* ''
Broadway Soul'' (
Colpix
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, 1965)
With
Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman (August 7, 1923 – July 23, 2002) was an American bop and hard bop trumpeter.
Biography
He was born Leonard Graham in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, later changing his name to Idrees Sulieman, after converting to Is ...
* ''
Roots
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Root or roots may also refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''The Root'' (magazine), an online magazine focusing ...
'' (
New Jazz, 1957) with the Prestige All Stars
with
Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the a ...
* ''
My Fair Lady Loves Jazz'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957; reissued on Impulse!)
* ''
Kwamina'' (Mercury, 1961)
with
Clark Terry
* ''
Clark Terry'' (EmArcy, 1955)
with
Lucky Thompson
Eli "Lucky" Thompson (June 16, 1924 – July 30, 2005) was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist whose playing combined elements of swing and bebop. Although John Coltrane usually receives the most credit for bringing the soprano sa ...
* ''Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Vol. 2'' (ABC-Paramount, 1956; reissued on ''Tricotism'', Impulse)
with
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note label from 1960, touched on jazz fusion ...
* ''
Always Something There'' (Blue Note, 1968)
with
Sarah Vaughan
* ''
¡Viva! Vaughan'' (Verve, 1958)
with
Dinah Washington
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* ''For Those In Love'' (Mercury, 1955)
* ''
The Swingin' Miss "D"'' (Verve, 1956)
With
Randy Weston
Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018) was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection.
Weston's piano style owed much to Duke Ellington and Thelonious ...
* ''
Uhuru Afrika'' (Roulette, 1960)
* ''
Highlife
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'' (Colpix, 1963)
With
Gerald Wilson
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* ''
Lomelin'' (Discovery, 1981)
* ''
Jessica'' (
Trend
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Fads are objects or behaviors that achieve shor ...
, 1982)
With
Kai Winding
* ''
The In Instrumentals'' (Verve, 1965)
With
Phil Woods
Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer.
Biography
Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began ...
* ''
Round Trip'' (Verve, 1969)
References
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1926 births
2008 deaths
People from Wartrace, Tennessee
American jazz trombonists
Male trombonists
Bebop trombonists
Hard bop trombonists
20th-century American musicians
20th-century trombonists
Jazz musicians from Tennessee
20th-century American male musicians
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EmArcy Records artists
Verve Records artists
Burials at Riverside National Cemetery