Jimmy Cleveland


James Milton Cleveland was an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace, Tennessee.
Cleveland was signed by EmArcy Records in 1955. Cleveland was married to jazz vocalist Janet Thurlow. He died on August 23, 2008, in Lynwood, California, at the age of 82. He was buried beside his wife at Riverside National Cemetery.

Discography

As leader

  • Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars
  • Cleveland Style
  • A Map of Jimmy Cleveland
  • ''Rhythm Crazy''

    As sideman

with Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
  • Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
With Gene Ammons
  • Free Again
With Dorothy Ashby
  • The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby
With Art Blakey
With Brass Fever
  • Time Is Running Out
with James Brown
  • Soul on Top
With Ruth Brown
  • Miss Rhythm
With Kenny Burrell
With Donald Byrd
  • Jazz Lab - co-led with Gigi Gryce
  • Modern Jazz Perspective - co-led with Gigi Gryce
  • I'm Tryin' to Get Home
with Clifford Coulter
  • Do It Now!
With Hank Crawford
  • Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul
With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
  • Trane Whistle
with Miles Davis
  • Miles Ahead
  • Porgy and Bess
With Teddy Edwards
  • Mississippi Lad
with Gil Evans
  • Gil Evans & Ten
  • The Individualism of Gil Evans
  • Blues in Orbit
With Art Farmer
  • The Art Farmer Septet
  • Brass Shout
  • The Aztec Suite
  • Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra
With Maynard Ferguson
  • Ridin' High
With Dizzy Gillespie
  • Jazz Recital
With Benny Golson
With Johnny Griffin
  • White Gardenia
with Gigi Gryce
  • Street Scenes
  • Orchestra and Quartet ; reissued as Nica's Tempo
With Friedrich Gulda
With Chico Hamilton
  • The Gamut
With Milt Jackson
  • Plenty, Plenty Soul
  • Big Bags
  • For Someone I Love
  • Ray Brown / Milt Jackson with Ray Brown
  • Memphis Jackson
with Antonio Carlos Jobim
With J. J. Johnson
  • J.J.!
With Quincy Jones
  • Jazz Abroad
  • This Is How I Feel About Jazz
  • The Birth of a Band!
  • The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones
  • I Dig Dancers
  • Quincy Plays for Pussycats
  • Walking in Space
With Sam Jones
  • Down Home
with Gene Krupa
  • Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements
with Melba Liston
  • Melba Liston and Her 'Bones
With Mundell Lowe
With Junior Mance
  • The Soul of Hollywood
With Gary McFarland
  • Soft Samba
With Carmen McRae
  • Something to Swing About
With Helen Merrill
  • Dream of You
With Charles Mingus
With Blue Mitchell
  • Smooth as the Wind
With the Modern Jazz Quartet
  • Jazz Dialogue
With Thelonious Monk
With Wes Montgomery
  • Movin' Wes
With James Moody
  • Moody and the Brass Figures
With Oliver Nelson
With Phineas Newborn, Jr.
  • Phineas Newborn, Jr. Plays Harold Arlen's Music from Jamaica
With Joe Newman
  • Salute to Satch
With Duke Pearson
  • Now Hear This
With Tony Perkins
  • On a Rainy Afternoon
with Oscar Peterson
with Oscar Pettiford
With Specs Powell
  • Movin' In
With Jerome Richardson
  • Midnight Oil
With Sonny Rollins
  • Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass
with Jimmy Rushing
  • Five Feet of Soul
with Lalo Schifrin
With Shirley Scott
  • For Members Only
with Jimmy Smith
  • Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith
  • Any Number Can Win
  • The Cat...The Incredible Jimmy Smith
  • Christmas '64
  • Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo w/ Wes Montgomery
  • Stay Loose
With Sonny Stitt
  • Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones
  • Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass
  • Broadway Soul
With Idrees Sulieman
with Billy Taylor
with Clark Terry
  • Clark Terry
with Lucky Thompson
  • Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Vol. 2
with Stanley Turrentine
with Sarah Vaughan
  • ¡Viva! Vaughan
with Dinah Washington
  • For Those In Love
  • The Swingin' Miss "D"
With Randy Weston
  • Uhuru Afrika
  • Highlife
With Gerald Wilson
  • Lomelin
  • Jessica
With Kai Winding
  • The In Instrumentals
With Phil Woods
  • ''Round Trip''