Greig Stewart "Chubby" Jackson (October 25, 1918 – October 1, 2003) was an American

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double-bassist and band leader.

Biography

Born in New York City, Jackson began at the age of seventeen as a clarinetist, but quickly changed to bass in the mid-1930s. Jackson performed and/or recorded with

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and small. In the 1950s, Jackson worked as a studio musician, freelanced, and hosted some local children's TV shows: ''Chubby Jackson's Little Rascals'', which was seen weekday mornings on WABC TV Ch. 7 in New York from March 23, 1959, to July 14, 1961, and ''The Chubby Jackson Show'', Saturday afternoons also on WABC TV Ch.7, from July 22, 1961, to August 5, 1961. Jackson hosted his last two children's TV shows for WOR TV Ch.9 in New York ''Space Station Nine'', which was seen weekday evenings from January 1, 1962, to January 26, 1962, and he briefly served as the fourth and last emcee of WOR TV's '' Looney Tunes Show''/''The Chubby Jackson Show'' weekday afternoons. The last series was aired from January 12, 1962, to June 14, 1962. In 2000, Jackson was inducted into the

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. He died in Rancho Bernardo, California at the age of 84.

Discography

As leader

* ''Chubby Jackson and his All Star Band'' (Prestige, 1951) * ''Chubby's Back!'' (Argo, 1957) * ''Chubby Takes Over'' (Everest, 1958) * ''I'm Entitled to You!!'' (Argo, 1958) * '' Jazz from Then Till Now'' (Everest, 1958) * ''Chubby Jackson Discovers Maria Marshall'' (Crown, 1961)

As sideman

, ''Town Hall Concert Plus'' (RCA Victor, 1957) * Charlie Barnet, ''Cherokee'' (Everest, 1958) * Bill Harris, ''Bill Harris Herd'' (Norgran, 1956) * Woody Herman, ''The Herd Rides Again'' (Everest, 1958) * Woody Herman, ''Hey! Heard the Herd?'' (Verve, 1963) * Wooyd Herman, ''The 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert'' (RCA Victor, 1977) * Jackie and Roy, ''Jackie and Roy'' (Regent, 1957) * Marty Napoleon, ''Marty Napoleon and His Music'' (Stere-o-Craft, 1958) * Flip Phillips, ''A Melody from the Sky'' (Bob Thiele, 1975) * Charlie Ventura, ''Jumping with Ventura'' (EmArcy, 1955) * Charlie Ventura, ''East of Suez'' (Regent, 1958) *

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, ''Ben and the Boys'' Jazz Archives, 1976)

References

External links

Chubby and Duffy Jackson, the Only Father-and-Son Bass and Drum Team in Jazz

The Jazz Network Worldwide.Chubby Jackson Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2000)
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