Quentin " Butter" Jackson[ Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, Oxford University Press, US, 2007 ] (January 13, 1909 – October 2, 1976)
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
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Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam, 1970)
With Dorothy Ashby
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The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby (Atlantic, 1965)
With Count Basie
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Basie at Birdland (Roulette, 1961)
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The Legend (Roulette, 1961)
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Back with Basie (Roulette, 1962)
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Basie in Sweden (Roulette, 1962)
With Kenny Burrell
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Blues - The Common Ground (Verve, 1967–68)
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Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Fantasy, 1975)
With Duke Ellington
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The 1953 Pasadena Concert (GNP Crescendo)
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Ellington '55 (Capitol)
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Ellington at Newport (Columbia 1956)
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All Star Road Band (Doctor Jazz, 1957 1983)
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Newport 1958 (Columbia 1958)
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Blues in Orbit (Columbia)
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Anatomy of a Murder (Columbia, 1959)
With Ella Fitzgerald
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve, 1957)
With Johnny Hodges
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Ellingtonia '56 (Norgran, 1956)
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Duke's in Bed (Verve, 1956)
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The Big Sound (Verve, 1957)
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Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (Verve, 1961)
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3 Shades of Blue (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
With Milt Jackson
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For Someone I Love (Riverside, 1963)
With Quincy Jones
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I Dig Dancers (Mercury, 1960)
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Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits (Mercury, 1963)
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Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (Mercury, 1964)
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Golden Boy (Mercury, 1964)
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Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1959-65 1965)
With Herbie Mann
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Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965)
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Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966)
With Freddie McCoy
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Listen Here (Prestige, 1968)
With Charles Mingus
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The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1962 1994)
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The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Impulse!, 1963)
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Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Impulse!, 1963)
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Epitaph (Columbia, 1989)
With Wes Montgomery
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Movin' Wes (Verve, 1963/1997)
With Shirley Scott
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For Members Only (1963)
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Great Scott!! (1964)
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(Impulse!, 1966)
With Jimmy Smith
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Hoochie Coochie Man (Verve, 1966)
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Peter & The Wolf (Verve, 1966)
With Clark Terry
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Duke with a Difference (Riverside, 1957)
With Dinah Washington
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The Swingin' Miss "D" (1956)
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Blue Gardenia
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Dinah Sings Bessie Smith (1956–57)
With Billy Strayhorn
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Cue for Saxophone (Felsted, 1959)
With Randy Weston
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