Jack Nimitz (January 11, 1930 – June 10, 2009) was an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

baritone saxophonist. He was nicknamed "The Admiral".

Career

A native of Washington, D.C., Nimitz started on clarinet in his early teens before playing alto saxophone. During the 1950s he played baritone saxophone with

Woody Herman Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading groups called "The Herd", Herman came to prominence in the late 1930s and was active until his dea ...

Stan Kenton Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though K ...

, and

Herbie Mann Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (incl ...

. He continued to play in big bands in the 1960s with

Terry Gibbs Terry Gibbs (born Julius Gubenko; October 13, 1924) is an American jazz vibraphonist and band leader. He has performed or recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Chubby Jackson,Theroux, Gary"Gibbs, Terry".''Grove Music Online''. Oxford University Press. Re ...

and

Gerald Wilson Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. In addition to being a ...

in addition to working in film and leading a quintet. He was a founding member of

Supersax Supersax was an American jazz group, created in 1972 by saxophonist Med Flory and bassist Buddy Clark as a tribute to saxophonist Charlie Parker. The group's music consisted of harmonized arrangements of Parker's improvisations played by a saxoph ...

in the early 1970s and remained with the band into the 1990s. During the 1980s and 1990s he was a member of big bands led by

Oliver Nelson Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album '' The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1961) is regarded as one of the most signifi ...

and

Bill Berry William Thomas Berry (born July 31, 1958) is an American musician who was the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. Although best known for his economical drumming style, Berry also played other instruments, including guitar, bass guitar ...

. He performed in the sextet of

Frank Strazzeri Frank Strazzeri (April 24, 1930 – May 9, 2014) was an American jazz pianist. Career Strazzeri began on tenor saxophone and clarinet at age 12, then switched to piano soon after. He attended the Eastman School of Music, then took a job as a hou ...

and the sextet of

Bud Shank Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and thro ...

in the 1990s. In 1997 he worked with

Buddy Childers Marion "Buddy" Childers (February 12, 1926 – May 24, 2007) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and ensemble leader. Childers became famous in 1942 at the age of 16, when Stan Kenton hired him to be the lead trumpet in his band. Biography ...

at the

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in London. A studio musician for much of his life, Nimitz recorded his first album as leader in the 1990s. The Jack Nimitz Quintet played its final performance on May 10, 2009, in Northridge, California. Nimitz died in Los Angeles at the age of 79 from complications due to emphysema.

Discography

As leader

* ''Live at the Royal Palms Inn Volume 8'' with

(Woofy, 1994) * ''Confirmation'' (

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, 1995) * ''Live at Capozzoli's'' (Woofy Productions, 1997)

As sideman

With

* ''The Exciting Terry Gibbs Big Band'' (Verve, 1961) * ''Explosion!'' (Mercury, 1962) * ''Flying Home (Volume 3)'' (Contemporary, 1988) * ''The Big Cat (Volume 5)'' (Contemporary, 1991) With

* ''The Woody Herman Band! Part 1'' (Capitol, 1954) * ''The Woody Herman Band! Part 3'' (Capitol, 1954) * ''Road Band!'' (Capitol, 1955) * ''The Woody Herman Band!'' (Capitol, 1955) * ''Woody Herman'' (Metro, 1965) With

* ''

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'' (Capitol, 1956) * ''Songs for Hip Lovers'' (Verve, 1957) * '' Road Show'' with

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and

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(Capitol, 1959) * ''

Standards in Silhouette ''Standards in Silhouette'' is an album recorded in September 1959 by Stan Kenton and his orchestra. The entire set of arrangements for the LP were written by Bill Mathieu. This recording stands alone in approach and style; Kenton himself only ...

'' (Verve, 1960) * '' Artistry in Bossa Nova'' (Capitol, 1963) * '' Kenton / Wagner'' (Capitol, 1964) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1969) With

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* ''No Train'' (Cadence, 1997) * ''Antipodes'' (Cadence, 2000) With

Shelly Manne Sheldon "Shelly" Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984) was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, s ...

* ''

My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast ''My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast'' is an album by drummer Shelly Manne with Jack Sheldon and Irene Kral and musical direction by Johnny Williams, recorded in 1964 and released on the Capitol label.Manne–That's Gershwin! ''Manne–That's Gershwin!'' is an album by drummer Shelly Manne featuring music by George Gershwin, recorded in 1965 and released on the Capitol label.

'' (Capitol, 1965) With

* ''Sound Pieces'' (Impulse!, 1966) * ''

Live from Los Angeles ''Live from Los Angeles'' is an album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.

'' (Impulse!, 1967) * '' Stolen Moments'' (East Wind, 1975) With

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical elemen ...

* '' Music from Mission: Impossible'' (Dot, 1967) * ''

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'' (Paramount, 1968) * ''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1968) With

Diane Schuur Diane Joan Schuur (born December 10, 1953), nicknamed "Deedles", is an American jazz singer and pianist. As of 2015, Schuur had released 23 albums, and had extended her jazz repertoire to include essences of Latin, gospel, pop and country music ...

* ''Timeless'' (GRP, 1986) * ''Pure Schuur'' (GRP, 1991) * ''In Tribute'' (GRP, 1992) With

* '' Bud Shank & the Sax Section'' (Pacific Jazz, 1966) * ''New Gold!'' (Candid, 1994) * ''Plays Harold Arlen'' (Jimco, 1995) With

* ''Supersax Plays Bird'' (Capitol, 1973) * ''Salt Peanuts Supersax Plays Bird, Volume 2'' (Capitol, 1974) * ''Supersax Plays Bird with Strings'' (Capitol, 1975) * ''Chasin' the Bird'' (MPS, 1977) * ''Dynamite !!'' (MPS, 1979) * ''Supersax & L.A. Voices Volume 2'' (CBS, 1984) * ''Stone Bird'' (Columbia, 1988) With

* ''

You Better Believe It! ''You Better Believe It!'' is an album by Jazz musician and bandleader Gerald Wilson. Recorded in 1961 for the Pacific Jazz label,

'' (Pacific Jazz, 1961) * '' Moment of Truth'' (Pacific Jazz, 1962) * ''

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'' (Pacific Jazz, 1964) * '' On Stage'' (Pacific Jazz, 1965) * ''

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'' (Pacific Jazz, 1966) * ''

Lomelin ''Lomelin'' is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra of the 80's recorded in 1981 and released on the Discovery label.Jessica'' (Trend, 1983) * '' State Street Sweet'' (MAMA, 1995) * ''

Theme for Monterey ''Theme for Monterey'' is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra, recorded in 1997 and released on the MAMA label. Reception AllMusic's Scott Yanow noted: "In 1997, bandleader/arranger Gerald Wilson was commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival ...

'' (MAMA, 1997) With others *

Gene Ammons Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and ...

, '' Free Again'' (Prestige, 1971) *

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, ''The Music Man'' (United Artists, 1977) *

Gabe Baltazar Gabriel Ruiz Hiroshi Baltazar Jr. (November 1, 1929 – June 12, 2022) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and woodwind doubler. Background and early years His mother, born Chiyoko Haraga on a Hawaii sugarcane plantation, was the daughter of ...

, ''Stan Kenton Presents Gabe Baltazar'' (Creative World, 1979) *

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, ''15 Big Ones'' (Reprise, 1976) * Max Bennett, ''Max Bennett Vol. II'' (Bethlehem, 1957) *

, ''Hot & Happy'' (Beez Beez 1974) * Bill Berry, ''Hello Rev'' (Concord Jazz, 1976) *

Ralph Burns Ralph Joseph P. Burns (June 29, 1922 – November 21, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Early life Burns was born in Newton, Massachusetts, United States, where he began playing the piano as a child. In 1938, he attend ...

, ''In the Mood'' (Atlantic, 1987) *

Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 ...

, ''

Both Feet on the Ground ''Both Feet on the Ground'' is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1973 and released on the Fantasy Records label.

'' (Fantasy, 1973) *

Frank Capp Francis Cappuccio (August 20, 1931 – September 12, 2017), known professionally as Frank Capp, was an American jazz drummer. Capp also played on numerous rock and roll sessions and is considered to be a member of The Wrecking Crew. Biography ...

, ''In a Hefti Bag'' (Concord Jazz, 1995) *

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, ''Song of Joy'' (A&M, 1976) *

, Bob Cooper, ''Do-Re-Mi'' (Capitol, 1961) * June Christy, ''Big Band Specials'' (Capitol, 1962) *

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, ''School Days'' (Nemperor, 1976) *

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued f ...

, ''

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'' (Capitol, 1965) *

Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the h ...

, ''Unforgettable with Love'' (Elektra, 1991) *

Dick Collins Richard Harrison Collins (July 19, 1924 – April 19, 2016) was an American jazz trumpeter. Collins was born in Seattle on July 19, 1914. Several of his parents and grandparents were professional musicians. Collins attended Mills College in 1946� ...

, ''Horn of Plenty'' (RCA, 1955) * Dick Collins, ''King Richard the Swing Hearted'' (RCA Victor, 1955) *

Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning seven decades. An Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, she is known for her ec ...

, ''Hard Times for Lovers'' (Elektra, 1979) *

Willis Conover Willis Clark Conover, Jr. (December 18, 1920 – May 17, 1996) was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years. He produced jazz concerts at the White House, the Newport Jazz Festival, and for movies and televisi ...

, ''House of Sounds'' (Brunswick, 1954) * Ron Davies, ''U. F. O.'' (A&M, 1973) *

Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adul ...

, ''Beautiful Noise'' (Columbia, 1976) *

João Donato João Donato de Oliveira Neto is a Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist from Brazil. He first worked with Altamiro Carrilho and went on to perform with Antonio Carlos Jobim and Astrud Gilberto. Career A professional at the age of 15, Donato pla ...

, ''A Bad Donato'' (Blue Thumb, 1970) *

Cass Elliot Ellen Naomi Cohen (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), known professionally as Mama Cass and later on as Cass Elliot, was an American singer and voice actress. She was a member of the singing group the Mamas & the Papas. After the group brok ...

, ''Cass Elliot'' (RCA Victor, 1972) *

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, ''Isn't It Romantic'' (Elektra, 1988) * Michael Feinstein, ''Forever'' (Elektra, 1993) *

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, ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' (Framed in Jazz Aeva 1963) *

Clare Fischer Douglas Clare Fischer (October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012) was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After graduating from Michigan State University (from which, five decades later, he would receive an honorary doctorate ...

, ''

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'' (Pacific Jazz, 1963) * Clare Fischer, ''Whose Woods Are These?'' (Discovery, 1984) * Clare Fischer, ''Blues Trilogy'' (Discovery, 1987) *

Gil Fuller Walter Gilbert "Gil" Fuller (April 14, 1920, Los Angeles, California – May 26, 1994, San Diego, California) was an American jazz arranger. He is no relation to the jazz trumpeter and vocalist Walter Fuller (musician), Walter "Rosetta" Fuller. I ...

, '' Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie'' (Pacific Jazz, 1965) * Urbie Green &

Nat Pierce Nathaniel Pierce Blish Jr., known professionally as Nat Pierce (July 16, 1925 – June 10, 1992) was an American jazz pianist and prolific composer and arranger, perhaps best known for being pianist and arranger for the Woody Herman band from 195 ...

, ''Old Time Modern'' (Vanguard, 1973) *

Johnny "Hammond" Smith John Robert "Johnny Hammond" Smith (December 16, 1933 – June 4, 1997) was an American soul jazz and hard bop organist. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he was a renowned player of the Hammond B-3 organ so earning "Hammond" as a nickname, whi ...

, ''Forever Taurus'' (Milestone, 1976) *

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...

, ''Sunlight'' (Columbia, 1978) *

Gene Harris Gene Harris (born Eugene Haire, September 1, 1933 – January 16, 2000) was an American jazz pianist known for his warm sound and blues and gospel infused style that is known as soul jazz. From 1956 to 1970, he played in The Three Sounds trio ...

, ''Tribute to Count Basie'' (Concord Jazz, 1988) *

Johnny Hartman John Maurice Hartman (July 3, 1923 – September 15, 1983) was an American jazz singer who specialized in ballads. He sang and recorded with Earl Hines' and Dizzy Gillespie's big bands and with Erroll Garner. Hartman is best remembered for hi ...

, ''Unforgettable'' (Impulse!, 1995) * Bill Holman, ''Bill Holman's Great Big Band'' (Capitol, 1960) * Richard Holmes, ''

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'', (RCA/Flying Dutchman, 1975) *

Shirley Horn Shirley Valerie Horn (May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She collaborated with many jazz musicians including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and othe ...

, ''Shirley Horn with Strings Here's to Life'' (Verve, 1992) *

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, ''The Impulse Years'' (ABC/Impulse!, 1974) * Milt Jackson, ''Bags' Groove'' (Quintessence Jazz Series 1979) *

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, ''This Is How I Feel About Jazz'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957) * Quincy Jones, ''The Color Purple'' (Qwest, 1986) * Quincy Jones, ''Q's Jook Joint'' (Qwest/Warner Bros., 1995) *

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, ''Finger Paintings'' (Blue Note, 1977) *

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, ''Mirrors'' (A&M, 1975) *

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, ''Presents a Celebration of Contemporary West Coast Jazz'' (Candid, 1994) *

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, ''Premonition'' (Columbia, 1976) *

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, ''Righteous'' (Philips, 1969) *

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, ''The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess'' (NEC Avenue 1990) *

, '' Sultry Serenade'' (Riverside, 1958) * Herbie Mann, ''Let Me Tell You'' (Milestone, 1973) *

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, ''Emerald City'' (Epic, 1986) *

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, ''There's Music in the Air'' (A&M, 1977) *

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, ''

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'' (Pacific Jazz, 1961) * Les McCann, ''Oh Brother!'' (Fontana, 1964) *

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, ''The Stinger Man'' (Minit, 1969) *

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, ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1976) *

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, ''Burnin' '' (M&K Realtime, 1981) *

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, ''Mingus at Monterey'' (Jazz Workshop, 1965) *

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, ''Dark Orchid'' (Dark Orchid, 1981) * Sammy Nestico, ''Night Flight'' (Sea Breeze, 1986) *

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, ''Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May'' (Verve, 1991) *

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, ''One Night in Washington'' (Elektra, Musician, 1982) * Bill Perkins, ''On Stage'' (Pacific Jazz, 1956) * Bill Perkins, ''Our Man Woody'' (Jazz Mark, 1991) *

, Dick Collins,

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, ''The Nat Pierce-Dick Collins Nonet/the Charlie Mariano Sextet'' (Fantasy, 1956) *

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, ''Parade'' (Paisley Park, 1986) *

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, ''Boots with Brass'' (Monument, 1970) *

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, ''Music, Music'' (Capitol, 1976) *

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, ''You and Me'' (A&M, 1980) *

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, ''Lady Sings the Blues'' (Motown, 1972) *

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, ''Silver 'N Wood'' (Blue Note, 1976) *

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, ''Duets'' (Capitol, 1993) *

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, ''Feeling Free'' (Pausa, 1980) *

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, ''Together'' (Caribou, 1977) *

, ''Somebody Loves Me'' (Fresh Sound, 1994) *

Toni Tennille Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille (born May 8, 1940) is an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist, best known as one-half of the 1970s duo Captain & Tennille with her former husband Daryl Dragon; their signature song is "Love Will Keep Us ...

, ''More Than You Know'' (Mirage, 1984) *

Frankie Valli Francesco Stephen Castelluccio (born May 3, 1934), better known by his stage name Frankie Valli, is an American singer, known as the frontman of the Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He is known for his unusually powerful lead falsetto voice. ...

, ''Valli'' (Private Stock 1976) * Joe Williams, ''In Good Company'' (Verve, 1989)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nimitz, Jack 1930 births 2009 deaths American jazz baritone saxophonists Musicians from Washington, D.C. Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) 20th-century American saxophonists The Capp-Pierce Juggernaut members