Jimmy Cleveland

James Milton Cleveland
Background information
Birth name	Jimmy Cleveland
Born	(1926-05-03)May 3, 1926 Wartrace, Tennessee, United States
Died	August 23, 2008(2008-08-23) (aged 82) Lynwood, California
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	trombone
Years active	1951–2008
Labels	EmArcy, Verve
Associated acts	Miles Davis

Jimmy Cleveland (May 3, 1926 – August 23, 2008) was an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace, Tennessee.

Cleveland worked with many well-known jazz musicians, including Lionel Hampton, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Quincy Jones, Lucky Thompson, Gigi Gryce, Oscar Peterson, Oscar Pettiford and James Brown. He also recorded a sequence of albums for EmArcy/Mercury Records in the 1950s and 1960s. He continued to make records with Zion Records later in his career.

Cleveland died August 23, 2008 in Lynwood, California at age 82.

with Julian Cannonball Adderley

With Gene Ammons

With Dorothy Ashby

With Art Blakey

With Brass Fever

with James Brown:

With Ruth Brown

With Kenny Burrell

With Donald Byrd

with Clifford Coulter

With Hank Crawford

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