Oliver Jackson

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Oliver Jackson , also known as Bops Junior (* 28 April 1933 in Detroit ; † 29. May 1994 in New York City ) was an American drummer of Swing .

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Jackson starred in Detroit in the 1940s with Thad Jones , Tommy Flanagan, and Wardell Gray ; with drummer Eddie Locke , he performed a variety show called Bop & Locke . After playing with Yusef Lateef from 1954 to 1956 , Jackson went to New York, where he appeared regularly at Club Metropole in 1957/58 . He then worked with Teddy Wilson , Charlie Shavers 1959-61, Buck Claytons All Stars , Joe Newman 1960, Benny Goodman 1962, Oliver Nelson , Gene Ammons , Lionel Hampton 1962-64, Kenny Burrell , Lucky Thompson , Earl Hines 1964-70, Illinois Jacquet 1969 and the JPJ Quartet with Budd Johnson . In the 1970s he played again with Charlie Shavers, appeared in 1970 with Dexter Gordon at the Montreux Jazz Festival and worked on Roy Eldridge's album The Nifty Cat , then worked with Sy Oliver 1975-80, Buddy Tate , Vic Dickenson , Oscar Peterson and George Wein's Newport All-Stars . In the 1990s he was with the Buck Clayton Legacy .

As a band leader he performed in Switzerland in 1961; most recently he recorded five albums for Black & Blue Records between 1977 and 1984 . In 1993 the album The Great Last Concert was released on Nagel-Heyer with Randy Sandke .

The drummer is not to be confused with the tenor saxophonist of the same name, who appeared on Cannonball Adderley's album "African Waltz".

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SURNAME Jackson, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American swing drummer
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1994
Place of death New York City