[JPL] Jimmy Cleveland obit?

[Larry Appelbaum]

A few more favorite Jimmy Cleveland solos:

If You Could See Me Now (from Gil Evans & 10)
Las Vegas Tango (The Individualism of Gil Evans)
The Kerry Dancer (Gigi Gryce: Nica's Tempo)
NR #2 (Lucky Thompson: Tricotism)

I also like the 1955 recordings that Doug referred to, reissued as "Introducing Jimmy Cleveland" 

Larry



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> 
> There's a thread at http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/ that 
> confirms that Jimmy did pass away.  A memorial service was held in 
> Long Beach on August 27th.
> 
> He was certainly one of the very best trombonists of his era, a 
> personal favorite of mine.  Unfortunately he was one of the least 
> recorded as a featured soloist.  The sessions he recorded for 
> Mercury/Emarcy back in the 1950's didn't allow much time to stretch 
> out and weren't that well recorded either.
> 
> Quincy Jones used him on a lot of his sessions.  Check out Jimmy's 
> solo on "Walking in Space" and also trading choruses with Urbie Green 
> and Frank Rehak on "Walkin" from Quincy's 1957 date "This is How I 
> Feel About Jazz" reissued on CD by Impulse about 15 years ago.
> 
> Doug Crane
> dcrane at comcast.net
> KUVO Denver 89.3 FM
> Wednesdays 7-9 PM
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