Jimmy Nottingham
James Edward "Jimmy" Nottingham junior (born December 15, 1925 in New York City , † November 16, 1978 ibid) was an American jazz trumpeter .
Nottingham first played with Cecil Payne (1943) and Max Roach , was in the US Navy during World War II until 1945 and then with Willie Smith and Lionel Hampton (1945 to 1947 as high note trumpeters), Charlie Barnet , Lucky Millinder . From 1948 to 1950 he was solo trumpeter with Count Basie , then with Herbie Fields and in the Latin bands of Pérez Prado and Noro Morales (1951 to 1953). From 1954 he was a television studio musician at CBS for over twenty years . He also played jazz in a quintet he had in 1962 with Budd Johnson , was with Dizzy Gillespie at the Antibes Jazz Festival and played in the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra from 1966 to 1970 . In the 1970s he was in the Clark Terry Big Band (1974/75).
He played with Stan Kenton (1955 on TV), Benny Goodman and recorded with Lionel Hampton, Charlie Barnet, Sonny Stitt , Manny Albam , Quincy Jones , Jimmy Mundy , Ray Charles , Oliver Nelson (1967), Chico O'Farrill , Shirley Scott , Kenny Burrell , Joe Cain and Tony Scott .
He only recorded once under his own name for Seeco in 1957.
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
Web links
- Jimmy Nottingham at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nottingham, Jimmy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nottingham, James Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1978 |
| Place of death | New York City |