[Dixielandjazz] Jimmy Cleveland

[Marty Nichols]

Stan Brager posted:
 
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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:12:55 -0700
From: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at socal.rr.com>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Jimmy Cleaveland
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According to his Wiki, trombonist Jimmy Cleveland died last Saturday -
August 23, 2008. A marvelous bop trombonists with great chops capable of
covering the entire range of the horn with apparent ease.    

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cleveland

Stan
Stan Brager

In my book Jimmy Cleveland is probably the most "unsung hero of the trombone" , and this among many, many other giants of the trombone who get little recognition for their efforts in jazz. I still feel pain when I remember that the Ken Burns jazz thing (what was it called?) omitted mention of the great J. J. Johnson except for a photo of J.J. in a session with Miles Davis. But that is off the subject; Jimmy Cleveland was another great that too few got a chance to hear IMO.
 
Marty Nichols
http://www.esnips.com/web/jazztrombone