Quentin "Butter" JacksonFeather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''

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, US, 2007 (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 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D ...

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 Bessie Smith (April 15, 1892 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Empress of the Blues" and formerly Queen of the Blues, she was t ...

's "Trombone Cholly" with Jackson on the horn, under the revised title, "Trombone Butter".

Discography

With

Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...

*'' Louis Armstrong and His Friends'' (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam, 1970) 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, 1965) With

Count Basie William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and the ...

*'' 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 Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

'' (Verve, 1967–68) * ''

Ellington Is Forever Volume Two ''Ellington Is Forever Volume Two'' is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring compositions associated with Duke Ellington recorded in 1975 and released on the Fantasy Records label.Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D ...

* ''The 1953 Pasadena Concert'' (GNP Crescendo) * ''

Ellington '55 ''Ellington '55'' is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Capitol label in 1953 and 1954 and released in 1955. The album features the Ellington Orchestra's performances of popular big band composi ...

'' (Capitol) * ''

Ellington at Newport ''Ellington at Newport'' is a 1956 live jazz album by Duke Ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, a concert which revitalized Ellington's flagging career. Jazz promoter George Wein describes the 1956 concert ...

'' (Columbia 1956) * ''

All Star Road Band ''All Star Road Band'' is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Sunset Ballroom in Carrolltown, Pennsylvania for radio broadcast and first released as a double LP on Bob Thiele's Doctor Jazz label ...

'' (Doctor Jazz, 1957 983 * ''

Newport 1958 ''Newport 1958'' is a 1958 album by Duke Ellington, recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival of that year and later in the Columbia recording studio. It was released two years after '' Ellington at Newport'', the 1956 album that led to Ellington's ...

'' (Columbia 1958) *''

Blues in Orbit ''Blues in Orbit'' is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1959 and released in 1960.

'' (Columbia) *'' Anatomy of a Murder'' (Columbia, 1959) With Ella Fitzgerald * '' Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook'' (Verve, 1957) With

Johnny Hodges Johnny Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophone, alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on sop ...

*'' Ellingtonia '56'' (Norgran, 1956) *'' Duke's in Bed'' (Verve, 1956) *'' The Big Sound'' (Verve, 1957) * ''

Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra __NOTOC__ ''Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra'' is a 1962 studio album by Johnny Hodges accompanied by an orchestra arranged by Billy Strayhorn. The album features many members of Duke Ellington's orchestra. The album was reis ...

'' (Verve, 1961) *'' 3 Shades of Blue'' (Flying Dutchman, 1970) With Milt Jackson *'' For Someone I Love'' (Riverside, 1963) With

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...

*'' I Dig Dancers'' (Mercury, 1960) * '' Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits'' (Mercury, 1963) *''

Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini ''Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini'' is an album by Quincy Jones that contains music composed by Henry Mancini. Track listing All music composed by Henry Mancini, lyricists indicated # "Baby Elephant Walk" – 2:49 # "Charade ( ...

'' (Mercury, 1964) * '' Golden Boy'' (Mercury, 1964) *'' Quincy Plays for Pussycats'' (Mercury, 1959-65 965 With

Herbie Mann Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz Flute, flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet ...

*'' 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 994 * '' 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

'' (1956–57) With Billy Strayhorn *'' Cue for Saxophone'' (Felsted, 1959) With Randy Weston *'' Uhuru Afrika'' (Roulette, 1960) *'' Highlife'' (Colpix, 1963)

References

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