Quentin Jackson


Quentin "Butter" Jackson was an American jazz trombonist.

Career

In the early stage of his career, Jackson worked with Cab Calloway for eight years. Later, he was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and worked with Charles Mingus, Kenny Burrell, 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
With Dorothy Ashby
  • The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby
With Count Basie
  • Basie at Birdland
  • The Legend
  • Back with Basie
  • Basie in Sweden
With Kenny Burrell
With Duke Ellington
  • The 1953 Pasadena Concert
  • Ellington '55
  • Ellington at Newport
  • All Star Road Band
  • Newport 1958
  • Blues in Orbit
  • Anatomy of a Murder
With Ella Fitzgerald
With Johnny Hodges
With Milt Jackson
With Quincy Jones
  • I Dig Dancers
  • Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits
  • Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini
  • Golden Boy
  • Quincy Plays for Pussycats
With Herbie Mann
  • Latin Mann
  • Our Mann Flute
With Freddie McCoy
  • Listen Here
With Charles Mingus
With Wes Montgomery
  • Movin' Wes
With Shirley Scott
  • For Members Only
  • Great Scott!!
  • Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands
With Jimmy Smith
With Clark Terry
  • Duke with a Difference
With Dinah Washington
  • The Swingin' Miss "D"
  • Blue Gardenia
  • Dinah Sings Bessie Smith
With Billy Strayhorn
  • Cue for Saxophone
With Randy Weston
  • Uhuru Afrika
  • ''Highlife''