Jimmy Sherman
James Benjamin Sherman (August 17, 1908 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania – October 11, 1975 in Philadelphia) was an American jazz pianist and arranger. Sherman played in dance bands in the late 1920s and played on and off with Jimmy Gorham in the metropolitan Philadelphia area. In 1930 he began playing on a steamboat in Alphonso Trent's band, then played in the 1930s with Peanuts Holland, Al Sears, Stuff Smith, Lil Armstrong, Putney Dandridge, Mildred Bailey, and Billie Holiday.
Jimmy Sherman
- Full name
- James Benjamin Sherman.
- Born
- 1908. · Williamsport.
- Died
- 1975.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- pianist, songwriter and composer.
- Fields
- jazz and piano performance.
- Languages
- English.
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Recorded at birth as James Benjamin Sherman. Born at Williamsport in 1908, died in 1975.
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Jimmy Sherman (17 August 1908 – 11 October 1975) is described as a composer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Jimmy Sherman was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States (17 August 1908) and died in Philadelphie, Pennsylvania, United States (11 October 1975).
The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is jazz and piano performance. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz.
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- 1."Jimmy Sherman". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004.
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