Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson (Springfield, 13 gennaio 1909 – New York, 2 ottobre 1976) è stato un musicista e trombonista statunitense.
Biografia
Lavora nel 1930 con Zack Whyte, nel 1931 con la McKinney's Cotton Pickers, dal 1932 al 1940 con l'orchestra del celebre clarinettista Don Redman, fra il 1940 e il 1948 con il grande Cab Calloway e infine con la popolare orchestra da ballo di Lucky Millinder. Dal 1949 al 1960 suona come solista e session - man con Duke Ellington. Dopo una tournée europea con Quincy Jones lavora per due anni (1961 -'62) con la big band di Count Basie e in seguito ha l'occasione di registrare insieme a Charles Mingus gli album The Black Saint And Sinner Lady e Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963) che poi diventeranno pietre miliari nella storia del jazz. Dopo le esperienze con le band di Louie Bellson e Gerald Wilson fa parte dal 1971 al 1976 della Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
Discografia
- The Swingin' Miss "D" con Dinah Washington, 1956 (1998)
- Blue Gardenia con Dinah Washington, (1995)
- Dinah Sings Bessie Smith con Dinah Washington, 1956, 1957 (1999)
- Live At Newport 1956, Live At Newport 1958, Blues In Orbit con Duke Ellington (Columbia)
- Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn & The Orchestra, 1961 (1999)
- Jazz masters 48 con Oliver Nelson (Verve, 1962-67)
- The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady, Mingus Mingus, Mingus Mingus con Charles Mingus, (Impulse! Records, 1963)
- Movin' Wes con Wes Montgomery, (Verve, 1963/1997)
- Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits, 1963 (2004)
- Impressions: The Verve Jazz Sides con Wes Montgomery, (Verve, 1964-1966, uscito nel 1995)
- Peter & The Wolf con Jimmy Smith, 1966 (1999)
- Blues: The Common Ground con Kenny Burrell (Verve, 1967-68)
- Talkin' Verve con Shirley Scott, (Verve, 2001)
- Roll 'Em con Shirley Scott, 1966 (2004)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book, (Verve, 1957/1999)
- Ellington Is Forever con Kenny Burrell (Fantasy, 1979)
Collegamenti esterni
- (EN) Quentin Jackson, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
- (EN) Quentin Jackson, su Discogs, Zink Media.
- (EN) Quentin Jackson, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
- (EN) Quentin Jackson, su IMDb, IMDb.com.
Controllo di autorità | VIAF (EN) 12501569 · ISNI (EN) 0000 0000 8357 6128 · Europeana agent/base/156917 · LCCN (EN) no92002586 · GND (DE) 134582942 · BNF (FR) cb139976517 (data) · CONOR.SI (SL) 68304483 |
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Album in studio | The Blanton–Webster Band · Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band · Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year · Liberian Suite · Great Times! · Masterpieces by Ellington · Ellington Uptown · The Duke Plays Ellington · Ellington '55 · Dance to the Duke! · Ellington Showcase · Historically Speaking · Duke Ellington Presents... · The Complete Porgy and Bess · A Drum Is a Woman · Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956 · Such Sweet Thunder · Ellington Indigos · Black, Brown and Beige · Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque · The Cosmic Scene · Happy Reunion · Jazz Party · Back to Back · Side by Side · Anatomy of a Murder · Festival Session · Blues in Orbit · The Nutcracker Suite · Piano in the Background · Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. · Unknown Session · Piano in the Foreground · The Great Summit: The Master Takes · Paris Blues · First Time! The Count Meets the Duke · Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · Featuring Paul Gonsalves · Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 · Midnight in Paris · Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins · Studio Sessions, New York 1962 · Money Jungle · Afro-Bossa · The Symphonic Ellington · Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session · Studio Sessions New York 1963 · My People · Ellington '65 · Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins · Ellington '66 · Concert in the Virgin Islands · The Popular Duke Ellington · The Far East Suite · The Jaywalker · Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York · ...And His Mother Called Him Bill · Second Sacred Concert · Studio Sessions New York, 1968 · Latin American Suite · The Pianist · New Orleans Suite · Orchestral Works · The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970 · The Intimacy of the Blues · The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse · Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York · Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 · The Intimate Ellington · The Ellington Suites · This One's for Blanton! · Up in Duke’s Workshop · Duke's Big 4 · Mood Ellington |
Album dal vivo | The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 · Ellington at Newport · Dance Concerts, California 1958 · Dance Dates, California 1958 · Newport 1958 · Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II · Duke Ellington at the Alhambra · Live at the Blue Note · The Great Paris Concert · A Concert of Sacred Music · In the Uncommon Market · Soul Call · Yale Concert · 70th Birthday Concert · Togo Brava Suite · Live at the Whitney · Third Sacred Concert · Eastbourne Performance |
Collaborazioni | con Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington: The Great Summit · con Alice Babs: Serenade to Sweden · con Teresa Brewer: It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing · con Rosemary Clooney: Blue Rose · con Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, Ella at Duke's Place, The Stockholm Concert, 1966, Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur · con Frank Sinatra: Francis A. & Edward K. · con John Coltrane: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · con Coleman Hawkins: Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins · con Count Basie: First Time! The Count Meets the Duke |
Composizioni principali | All Too Soon · Azure · Black, Brown and Beige · C Jam Blues · Cotton Tail · Day Dream · Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue · Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Drop Me Off in Harlem · Everything But You · Harlem · I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues · I Didn't Know About You · I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) · I'm Beginning to See the Light · I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So · In a Mellow Tone · In a Sentimental Mood · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' · Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) · The Mooche · Mood Indigo · Prelude to a Kiss · Rocks in My Bed · Solitude · Sophisticated Lady |
Composizioni di Billy Strayhorn per Ellington: | Take the A Train · Lush Life · Chelsea Bridge · Something to Live For · Satin Doll · Blood Count |
Composizioni di Juan Tizol per Ellington: | Caravan · Perdido |
Album tributo | Thelonious Monk plays the Music of Duke Ellington (1955) · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957) · Nina Simone Sings Ellington! (1962) · Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 · Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2 |
Membri dell'Orchestra | Hayes Alvis · Cat Anderson · Ivie Anderson · Harold Ashby · Alice Babs · Shorty Baker · Butch Ballard · Art Baron · Aaron Bell · Louie Bellson · Joe Benjamin · Barney Bigard · Lou Blackburn · Jimmy Blanton · Wellman Braud · Lawrence Brown · Harry Carney · Johnny Coles · Willie Cook · Buster Cooper · Kay Davis · Wild Bill Davis · Wilbur De Paris · Bobby Durham · Mercer Ellington · Rolf Ericson · Jimmy Forrest · Victor Gaskin · Peter Giger · Tyree Glenn · Paul Gonsalves · Sonny Greer · Fred Guy · Jimmy Hamilton · Otto Hardwick · Rick Henderson · Al Hibbler · Johnny Hodges · Major Holley · Quentin Jackson · Hilton Jefferson · Herb Jeffries · Freddie Jenkins · Money Johnson · Herbie Jones · Taft Jordan · Al Killian · Queen Esther Marrow · Wendell Marshall · Murray McEachern · Louis Metcalf · Bubber Miley · Harold "Geezil" Minerve · Ray Nance · Tricky Sam Nanton · Oscar Pettiford · Eddie Preston · Russell Procope · Junior Raglin · Betty Roché · Ernie Royal · Al Sears · Joya Sherrill · Willie Smith · Rex Stewart · Billy Strayhorn · Billy Taylor · Clark Terry · Juan Tizol · Norris Turney · Ben Webster · Arthur Whetsol · Cootie Williams · Nelson Williams · Skippy Williams · Booty Wood · Jimmy Woode · Britt Woodman · Sam Woodyard |
Filmografia | Black and Tan · Belle of the Nineties · Il mistero del varietà · Cabin in the Sky · Paris Blues · U-112 assalto al Queen Mary · Change of Mind |