Calvin Jackson

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Calvin Jackson (born May 26, 1919 in Philadelphia , † December 9, 1985 in Encinitas , California ) was an American jazz pianist and film composer and orchestrator.

Calvin Jackson's mother was a classical singer; he studied a. a. at the Juilliard School and New York University. He began his career with Frankie Fairfax before he worked in Hollywood from 1943 to 1947 as deputy musical director in the MGM studios. a. for the movie Vacation in Hollywood . Recordings were made with Phil Moore (1947) and six tracks under his own name, which he recorded as a soloist for Discovery Records .

In 1948 Jackson appeared as an accompanist for Mildred Bailey at the New York Café Society . In 1950 he settled in Toronto , where he appeared on television and radio shows. In 1957 he returned to Los Angeles and worked mainly as a composer for film and television. The music for Goldgräber-Molly , written with Jack Elliott , Robert Armbruster , Léo Arnaud , Jack Hayes and Leo Shuken , received an Oscar nomination in 1965 . Recordings were made under his own name for the label Vik and Columbia (1954/55, among others with Peter Appleyard ), Liberty ( Jazz Variations On Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue 1958, with Al Viola and Mel Lewis ), Raynote (1959) and Reprise Records (1961 ).

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SURNAME Jackson, Calvin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist and film composer and orchestrator
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1985
Place of death Encinitas , California