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
With Dorothy Ashby
With Count Basie
With Kenny Burrell Blues - The Common Ground Ellington Is Forever Volume Two
With Duke EllingtonThe 1953 Pasadena Concert Ellington '55 Ellington at Newport All Star Road Band Newport 1958
With Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
With Johnny Hodges
With Milt Jackson
With Quincy Jones
With Herbie Mann
With Freddie McCoy
With Charles Mingus
With Wes Montgomery Movin' Wes
With Shirley ScottFor Members Only Great Scott!!
With Jimmy SmithHoochie Coochie Man Peter & The Wolf
With Clark Terry
With Dinah WashingtonThe Swingin' Miss "D" Blue GardeniaDinah Sings Bessie Smith
With Billy Strayhorn
With Randy Weston