Jimmy Cleveland
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Biography
In the late '40s, when he left university to become a professional jazz musician, Jimmy Cleveland joined Lionel Hampton's orchestra, with whom he collaborated for several years. After this formative experience, he went on to do a number of recording sessions with a variety of bands, including Oscar Pettiford, Lucky Thompson, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson and Quincy Jones. At the end of the '50s, he joined a band led by Gil Evans, with Steve Lacy and Lee Konitz. He settled in California in the 60s, where he performed in various groups representative of the West Coast style. But he was also much in demand as a studio musician, sometimes for the film industry. Over the course of his career as a jazz musician, which continued into the 90s, Jimmy Cleveland proved himself to be a versatile trombonist, from small ensembles to large orchestras, and sufficiently appreciated to be invited to participate in encounters with Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Coleman Hawkins and others.
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Love Is Here To Stay
- Sweets Tooth featuring Eddie Bert
- Tara's Theme featuring Jimmy Cleveland
- The Nearness of You featuring Jimmy Cleveland
- Raindeer featuring Jimmy Cleveland
- Skylark featuring Jimmy Cleveland
- Rosetta featuring Eddie Bert
- Two Sleepy People featuring Jimmy Cleveland
- Jimmie's Tune
- Goodbye Ebbets Field
- Doodlin' featuring Jimmy Cleveland
- Long Ago And Far Away
- A Jazz Ballad
- Jessica's Day featuring Jimmy Cleveland
- All This And Heaven Too
- Sometimes I'm Happy featuring Jimmy Cleveland
- Posterity
- Out Of This World
