- Born
- 9 January 1917
Stockton - Died
- 20 July 2002
Great Neck Peninsula - Country
- United States
Biography
Jimmy Maxwell was a jazz musician who played trumpet. Jimmy Maxwell was born on 9 January 1917 in Stockton and died on 20 July 2002 in Great Neck Peninsula. The music is usually filed under jazz.
Jimmy Maxwell (January 9, 1917 – July 20, 2002) was an American swing jazz trumpeter. Maxwell played cornet from an early age, studying with Herbert L. Clarke in the early 1930s. He played with Gil Evans (1933–34), Jimmy Dorsey (1936), Maxine Sullivan, and Skinnay Ennis before joining Benny Goodman's band from 1939 to 1943. He also played with Goodman later in life, including on his tour of the Soviet Union in 1962. He worked as a studio musician for NBC from 1943, playing on The Perry Como Show (1945–63), The Patti Page Show, the Pat Boone Show, and The Tonight Show (1963–73). He played first trumpet on hundreds of recordings and commercials from 1950 to 1980. In addition, he worked as a sideman for, among others, Woody Herman (1958), Count Basie, Duke Ellington (1973), Oliver Nelson, Gerry Mulligan, Maynard Ferguson, Quincy Jones (1964), the New York Jazz Repertory Company, and Chuck Israels's National Jazz Ensemble.
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Albums where Jimmy Maxwell is credited as a sideman
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Frequently asked questions
What instrument did Jimmy Maxwell play?
Jimmy Maxwell is known for playing trumpet.
When and where was Jimmy Maxwell born?
Jimmy Maxwell was born 9 January 1917 in Stockton.
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