Jimmy Crawford

Jimmy Crawford (left) in Frankie Laine's backing volume , around 1947.
Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .

Jimmy Crawford (* 14. January 1910 as James Strickland in Memphis , Tennessee; † 28. January 1980 in New York City ) was an American jazz drummer of Swing .

Life

Jimmy Crawford was a member of Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra from 1929 to 1942 , after which he played with Ben Webster and from 1943 to 1945 with Sy Oliver . Crawford worked at Edmond Hall in the late 1940s, and more in Broadway theater orchestras in New York in the 1950s . He was involved in numerous recordings, such as by Buster Bailey , Count Basie , Harry Carney , Buck Clayton , Dizzy Gillespie , Benny Goodman , Hazel Scott , Dickie Wells . In 1968 Crawford was part of the Bobby Hackett All Stars .

Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 5th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-15-010464-5 .
Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .

personal data
SURNAME	Crawford, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Strickland, James (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz drummer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 14, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Memphis , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH	January 28, 1980
Place of death	New York City