Jimmy Jones (3)

Jazz swing pianist and arranger, born December 30, 1918 in Memphis, TN (USA); died April 29, 1982 in Burbank, CA (USA).

First started to play with [a=Stuff Smith] from 1943 to 1945, then [a=J.C. Heard] (1946/1947), [a=Don Byas] (1946), [a=Coleman Hawkins] (1947) and pianist to [a=Sarah Vaughan] from 1947 through the 1960`s. He has appeared as a sideman on many jazz recordings in the 50`s and 60s, including pianist to [a=Helen Merrill], [a=Sonny Stitt], [a=Duke Ellington], [a=Ella Fitzgerald] and [a=Nancy Wilson] to name a few. Continued to record as sideman through the 1970`s.