Jimmy Cleveland

He died on August 23, 2008, in Lynwood, California, at the age of 82. He was buried beside his wife at Riverside National Cemetery.

• Name — Jimmy Cleveland • Birth Name — James Milton Cleveland • Born — 3 May 1926 • Birthplace — Wartrace, Tennessee, U.S. • Died — 23 August 2008 • Place of death — Lynwood, California • Instrument — Trombone • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician • Years Active — 1951–2008 • Label — EmArcy, Verve • Spouse — Janet Thurlow

• Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (EmArcy, 1955) • Cleveland Style (EmArcy, 1957) • A Map of Jimmy Cleveland (Mercury, 1958) • Rhythm Crazy (EmArcy, 1959 [1964])

with Julian "Cannonball" Adderley • Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (EmArcy, 1955) With Gene Ammons • Free Again (Prestige, 1971) With Dorothy Ashby • The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby (Atlantic, 1965) With Art Blakey • Art Blakey Big Band (Bethlehem, 1957) With Brass Fever • Time Is Running Out (Impulse!, 1976) with James Brown • Soul on Top (King/Verve, 1970) With Ruth Brown • Miss Rhythm (Atlantic, 1959) With Kenny Burrell • Guitar Forms (Verve, 1965) • Blues - The Common Ground (Verve, 1968) • Night Song (Verve, 1969) With Donald Byrd • Jazz Lab (Columbia, 1957) - co-led with Gigi Gryce • Modern Jazz Perspective (Columbia, 1957) - co-led with Gigi Gryce • I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Blue Note, 1965) with Clifford Coulter • Do It Now! (Impulse!, 1971) With Hank Crawford • Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic, 1969) With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis • Trane Whistle (Prestige, 1960) with Miles Davis • Miles Ahead (Columbia, 1957) • Porgy and Bess (Columbia, 1958) With Teddy Edwards • Mississippi Lad (Verve/Gitanes, 1991) with Gil Evans • Gil Evans & Ten (Prestige, 1957) • The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1964) • Blues in Orbit (Enja, 1969–71) With Art Farmer • The Art Farmer Septet (Prestige, 1953–54) • Brass Shout (United Artists, 1959) • The Aztec Suite (United Artists, 1959) • Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (Mercury, 1962) With Maynard Ferguson • Ridin' High (Enterprise, 1967) With Dizzy Gillespie • Jazz Recital (Norgran, 1955) With Benny Golson • Benny Golson's New York Scene (Contemporary, 1957) With Johnny Griffin • White Gardenia (Riverside, 1961) with Gigi Gryce • Street Scenes (Vogue, 1953) • Orchestra and Quartet (Signal, 1955); reissued as Nica's Tempo (Savoy) With Friedrich Gulda • Friedrich Gulda at Birdland (RCA Victor, 1957) • A Man of Letters (Decca, 1957) With Chico Hamilton • The Gamut (Solid State, 1968) With Milt Jackson • Plenty, Plenty Soul (Atlantic, 1957) • Big Bags (Riverside, 1962) • For Someone I Love (Riverside, 1963) • Ray Brown / Milt Jackson with Ray Brown (Verve, 1965) • Memphis Jackson (Impulse!, 1969) with Antonio Carlos Jobim • The Composer of "Desafinado", Plays (Verve, 1963) • Wave (CTI, 1967) With J. J. Johnson • J.J.! (RCA Victor, 1964) With Quincy Jones • Jazz Abroad (Emarcy, 1955) • This Is How I Feel About Jazz (ABC-Paramount, 1957) • The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959) • The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (Mercury, 1959) • I Dig Dancers (Mercury, 1960) • Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1959-65 [1965]) • Walking in Space (A&M, 1969) With Sam Jones • Down Home (Riverside, 1962) with Gene Krupa • Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements (Verve, 1958) with Melba Liston • Melba Liston and Her 'Bones (MetroJazz, 1958) With Mundell Lowe • TV Action Jazz! (RCA Camden, 1959) • Satan in High Heels (soundtrack) (Charlie Parker, 1961) With Junior Mance • The Soul of Hollywood (Jazzland, 1962) With Gary McFarland • Soft Samba (Verve, 1963) With Carmen McRae • Something to Swing About (Kapp, 1959) With Helen Merrill • Dream of You (EmArcy, 1957) With Charles Mingus • The Complete Town Hall Concert (United Artists, 1962 [Blue Note, 1994]) With Blue Mitchell • Smooth as the Wind (Riverside, 1961) With the Modern Jazz Quartet • Jazz Dialogue (Atlantic, 1965) With Thelonious Monk • Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967 (France's Concert) With Wes Montgomery • Movin' Wes (Verve, 1963) With James Moody • Moody and the Brass Figures (Milestone, 1966) With Oliver Nelson • Happenings with Hank Jones (Impulse!, 1966) • Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1966) • The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1966) • The Spirit of '67 co-led with Pee Wee Russell (Impulse!, 1967) With Phineas Newborn, Jr. • Phineas Newborn, Jr. Plays Harold Arlen's Music from Jamaica (RCA Victor, 1957) With Joe Newman • Salute to Satch (RCA Victor, 1956) With Duke Pearson • Now Hear This (Blue Note, 1968) With Tony Perkins • On a Rainy Afternoon (RCA Victor, 1958) with Oscar Peterson • With Respect to Nat (Verve, 1965) with Oscar Pettiford • Basically Duke (Bethlehem, 1954) • The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (ABC-Paramount, 1956) With Specs Powell • Movin' In (Roulette, 1957) With Jerome Richardson • Midnight Oil (New Jazz, 1959) With Sonny Rollins • Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (MetroJazz, 1958; reissued as Brass & Trio, Verve) with Jimmy Rushing • Five Feet of Soul (Roulette, 1963) with Lalo Schifrin • New Fantasy (Verve, 1964) • Once a Thief and Other Themes (Verve, 1965) With Shirley Scott • For Members Only (Impulse! 1963) with Jimmy Smith • Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (Verve, 1962) • Any Number Can Win (Verve, 1963) • The Cat...The Incredible Jimmy Smith (Verve, 1964) • Christmas '64 (Verve, 1964) • Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo w/ Wes Montgomery (Verve, 1966) • Stay Loose (Verve, 1968) With Sonny Stitt • Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (Roost, 1955) • Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Atlantic, 1962) • Broadway Soul (Colpix, 1965) With Idrees Sulieman • Roots (New Jazz, 1957) with the Prestige All Stars with Billy Taylor • My Fair Lady Loves Jazz (ABC-Paramount, 1957; reissued on Impulse!) • Kwamina (Mercury, 1961) with Clark Terry • Clark Terry (EmArcy, 1955) with Lucky Thompson • Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Vol. 2 (ABC-Paramount, 1956; reissued on Tricotism, Impulse) with Stanley Turrentine • Always Something There (Blue Note, 1968) with Sarah Vaughan • ¡Viva! Vaughan (Verve, 1958) with Dinah Washington • For Those In Love (Mercury, 1955) • The Swingin' Miss "D" (Verve, 1956) With Randy Weston • Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960) • Highlife (Colpix, 1963) With Gerald Wilson • Lomelin (Discovery, 1981) • Jessica (Trend, 1982) With Kai Winding • The In Instrumentals (Verve, 1965) With Phil Woods • Round Trip (Verve, 1969)