James (Jimmy) Maxwell
Jimmy Maxwell (January 9, 1917 – July 20, 2002) was an American swing jazz trumpeter. Maxwell played cornet from an early age, studying with Herbert L. Clarke in the early 1930s. He played with Gil Evans (1933–34), Jimmy Dorsey (1936), Maxine Sullivan, and Skinnay Ennis before joining Benny Goodman's band from 1939-43. He also played with Goodman later in life, including on his tour of the Soviet Union in 1962. He worked as a studio musician for NBC from 1943, playing on The Perry Como Show (1945–63), The Patti Page Show, the Pat Boone Show, and The Tonight Show (1963–73). He played first trumpet on hundreds of recordings and commercials from 1950-1980. In addition, he worked as a sideman for, among others, Woody Herman (1958), Count Basie, Duke Ellington (1973), Oliver Nelson, Gerry Mulligan, Maynard Ferguson, Quincy Jones (1964), the New York Jazz Repertory Company, and Chuck Israels's National Jazz Ensemble. Of his sideman jobs, he is cited as having played trumpet in the Henri René orchestra for Eartha Kitt's first five albums; RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt (1953), That Bad Eartha (EP) (1954), Down To Eartha (1955), That Bad Eartha (LP) (1956), and Thursday's Child (1957), all with RCA Victor. Maxwell played the trumpet solo theme for the soundtrack of The Godfather. He also taught from the late 1970s onwards. Later in life Maxwell worked with Dixieland jazz and swing ensembles such as Dick Sudhalter's New California Ramblers. He led one session for Circle Records in 1977. He retired from recording and performing later in life but still taught music until 2001, and died the next year. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 9, 1917 (Stockton), Died July 20, 2002 (Great Neck)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1945 - 1964
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 92 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | D6VB-2353 | 10-in. | 6/14/1946 | The boogie woogie barnyard | Helen Carroll ; Russ Case Orchestra ; The Satisfiers | Female vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D6VB-2354 | 10-in. | 6/14/1946 | Ole buttermilk sky | Helen Carroll ; Russ Case Orchestra ; The Satisfiers | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D6VB-2355 | 10-in. | 6/14/1946 | (Li'l Abner) don't marry that girl!! | Helen Carroll ; Russ Case Orchestra ; The Satisfiers | Female vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D6VB-2356 | 10-in. | 6/14/1946 | Let's sail to dreamland | Helen Carroll ; Russ Case Orchestra ; The Satisfiers | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9AB-2277 | 10-in. | 10/4/1949 | My hero | Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9AB-2278 | 10-in. | 10/4/1949 | Tell me why | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9AB-2279 | 10-in. | 10/5/1949 | Don't cry, Joe (Let her go, let her go, let her go) | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9AB-2280 | 10-in. | 10/4/1949 | Swing to 45 | Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9AB-2281 | 10-in. | 10/5/1949 | Whispering hope | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9AB-2282 | 10-in. | 10/5/1949 | Penthouse serenade | Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9AB-2283 | 10-in. | 10/5/1949 | White Christmas | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9AB-2284 | 10-in. | 10/5/1949 | ('Round her neck) She wore a yellow ribbon | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9VB-2766 | 10-in. | 12/14/1949 | People will say we're in love | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9VB-2767 | 10-in. | 12/14/1949 | It might as well be spring | Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9VB-2768 | 10-in. | 12/14/1949 | The surrey with the fringe on the top | Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9VB-2769 | 10-in. | 12/14/1949 | If I loved you | Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9VB-2828 | 10-in. | 12/29/1949 | Untitled | Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9VB-2829 | 10-in. | 12/29/1949 | Some enchanted evening | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9VB-2857 | 10-in. | 12/29/1949 | Oh, what a beautiful mornin' | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9VB-2858 | 10-in. | 12/29/1949 | What's the use of wond'rin' | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9AB-2859 | 10-in. | 12/29/1949 | Leave it to love | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | D9AB-2860 | 10-in. | 12/29/1949 | Farewell, Amanda | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Atlantic | 439 | 10-in. | 6/13/1950 | I'm nobody's baby | Dorothy Ann "Dottie" Dillard ; Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Atlantic | 440 | 10-in. | 6/13/1950 | June night | Dorothy Ann "Dottie" Dillard ; Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 72756 | 10-in. | 3/5/1945 | Little Jazz boogie | Roy Eldridge Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Maxwell, James (Jimmy)," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/330394.
Maxwell, James (Jimmy). (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/330394.
"Maxwell, James (Jimmy)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
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