Quentin "Butter" JacksonFeather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''

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, US, 2007 (January 13, 1909 – October 2, 1976) was an American jazz trombonist.

Career

In the early stage of his career, Jackson worked with

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for eight years. Later, he was a member of the

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Orchestra and worked with

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, and others. On her album ''Dinah Sings Bessie Smith'', Dinah Washington recorded a version of Bessie Smith's "Trombone Cholly" with Jackson on the horn, under the revised title, "Trombone Butter".

Discography

With Louis Armstrong *''Louis Armstrong and His Friends'' (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam, 1970) With Dorothy Ashby *''The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby'' (Atlantic, 1965) With Count Basie *''Basie at Birdland'' (Roulette, 1961) *''The Legend (Count Basie album), The Legend'' (Roulette, 1961) *''Back with Basie'' (Roulette, 1962) *''Basie in Sweden'' (Roulette, 1962) With

* ''Blues - The Common Ground'' (Verve, 1967–68) * ''Ellington Is Forever Volume Two'' (Fantasy, 1975) With

* ''The 1953 Pasadena Concert'' (GNP Crescendo) * ''Ellington '55'' (Capitol) * ''Ellington at Newport'' (Columbia 1956) * ''All Star Road Band'' (Doctor Jazz, 1957 [1983]) * ''Newport 1958'' (Columbia 1958) *''Blues in Orbit'' (Columbia) *''Anatomy of a Murder#Soundtrack, Anatomy of a Murder'' (Columbia, 1959) With Ella Fitzgerald * ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook'' (Verve, 1957) With Johnny Hodges *''Ellingtonia '56'' (Norgran, 1956) *''Duke's in Bed'' (Verve, 1956) *''The Big Sound (Johnny Hodges album), The Big Sound'' (Verve, 1957) * ''Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra'' (Verve, 1961) *''3 Shades of Blue'' (Flying Dutchman, 1970) With Milt Jackson *''For Someone I Love'' (Riverside, 1963) With Quincy Jones *''I Dig Dancers'' (Mercury, 1960) * ''Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits'' (Mercury, 1963) *''Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini'' (Mercury, 1964) * ''Golden Boy (Quincy Jones album), Golden Boy'' (Mercury, 1964) *''Quincy Plays for Pussycats'' (Mercury, 1959-65 [1965]) With Herbie Mann *''Latin Mann'' (Columbia, 1965) *''Our Mann Flute'' (Atlantic, 1966) With Freddie McCoy *''Listen Here (Freddie McCoy album), Listen Here'' (Prestige, 1968) With

*''The Complete Town Hall Concert'' (Blue Note, 1962 [1994]) * ''The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady'' (Impulse! Records, Impulse!, 1963) * ''Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus'' (Impulse!, 1963) *''Epitaph (Charles Mingus album), Epitaph'' (Columbia, 1989) With Wes Montgomery * ''Movin' Wes'' (Verve, 1963/1997) With Shirley Scott * ''For Members Only'' (1963) * ''Great Scott!! (album), Great Scott!!'' (1964) *''Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands'' (Impulse!, 1966) With Jimmy Smith (musician), Jimmy Smith * ''Hoochie Coochie Man (Jimmy Smith album), Hoochie Coochie Man'' (Verve, 1966) * ''Peter & the Wolf (Jimmy Smith album), Peter & The Wolf'' (Verve, 1966) With Clark Terry *''Duke with a Difference'' (Riverside, 1957) With Dinah Washington * ''The Swingin' Miss "D"'' (1956) * ''Blue Gardenia'' * ''Dinah Sings Bessie Smith'' (1956–57) With Billy Strayhorn *''Cue for Saxophone'' (Felsted, 1959) With Randy Weston *''Uhuru Afrika'' (Roulette, 1960) *''Highlife (Randy Weston album), Highlife'' (Colpix, 1963)

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Quentin "Butter" Jackson papers and artifacts
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