James Milton Cleveland (May 3, 1926 – August 23, 2008) was an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace, Tennessee.
Cleveland worked with many well-known jazz musicians, including Lionel Hampton, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Quincy Jones, Lucky Thompson, Gigi Gryce, Oscar Peterson, Oscar Pettiford and James Brown. He also recorded a sequence of albums for EmArcy/Mercury Records in the 1950s and 1960s. He continued to make records with Zion Records later in his career.
Cleveland died August 23, 2008 in Lynwood, California at age 82.
Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (EmArcy, 1955)
Cleveland Style (EmArcy, 1957)
A Map of Jimmy Cleveland (Mercury, 1958)
Rhythm Crazy (EmArcy, 1959 [1964])
with Julian Cannonball Adderley
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (EmArcy, 1955)
With Gene Ammons
Free Again (Prestige, 1971)
With Dorothy Ashby
The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby (Atlantic, 1965)
With Art Blakey
Art Blakey Big Band (Bethlehem, 1957)
With Brass Fever
Time Is Running Out (Impulse!, 1976)
with James Brown:
Soul on Top (King/Verve, 1970)
With Ruth Brown
Miss Rhythm (Atlantic, 1959)
With Kenny Burrell
Blues - The Common Ground (Verve, 1968)
Night Song (Verve, 1969)
With Donald Byrd
Jazz Lab (Columbia, 1957) - co-led with Gigi Gryce
Modern Jazz Perspective (Columbia, 1957) - co-led with Gigi Gryce
I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Blue Note, 1965)
with Clifford Coulter
Do It Now! (Impulse!, 1971)
With Hank Crawford
Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic, 1969)
With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Trane Whistle (Prestige, 1960)
with Miles Davis:
Miles Ahead (Columbia, 1957)
Porgy and Bess (Columbia, 1958)
with Gil Evans
Gil Evans & Ten (Prestige, 1957)
The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1964)
Blues in Orbit (Enja, 1969–71)
With Art Farmer
The Art Farmer Septet (Prestige, 1953–54)
Brass Shout (United Artists, 1959)
The Aztec Suite (United Artists, 1959)
Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (Mercury, 1962)
With Maynard Ferguson
Ridin' High (Enterprise, 1967)
With Dizzy Gillespie
Jazz Recital (Norgran, 1955)
With Benny Golson
Benny Golson's New York Scene (Contemporary, 1957)
With Johnny Griffin
White Gardenia (Riverside, 1961)
with Gigi Gryce:
Street Scenes (Vogue, 1953)
Orchestra and Quartet (Signal, 1955); reissued as Nica's Tempo (Savoy)
With Chico Hamilton
The Gamut (Solid State, 1968)
With Milt Jackson
Plenty, Plenty Soul (Atlantic, 1957)
Big Bags (Riverside, 1962)
For Someone I Love (Riverside, 1963)
Ray Brown / Milt Jackson with Ray Brown (Verve, 1965)
Memphis Jackson (Impulse!, 1969)
with Antonio Carlos Jobim:
The Composer of "Desafinado", Plays (Verve, 1962)
Wave (CTI, 1967)
With J. J. Johnson
J.J.! (RCA Victor, 1964)
With Quincy Jones
Jazz Abroad (Emarcy, 1955)
This Is How I Feel About Jazz (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959)
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (Mercury, 1959)
I Dig Dancers (Mercury, 1960)
With Sam Jones
Down Home (Riverside, 1962)
with Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements (Verve, 1958)
with Melba Liston
Melba Liston and Her 'Bones (MetroJazz, 1958; reissued on Fresh Sound)
With Mundell Lowe
TV Action Jazz! (RCA Camden, 1959)
Satan in High Heels (soundtrack) (Charlie Parker, 1961)
With Junior Mance
The Soul of Hollywood (Jazzland, 1962)
With Gary McFarland
Soft Samba (Verve, 1963)
With Carmen McRae
Something to Swing About (Kapp, 1959)
With Charles Mingus
The Complete Town Hall Concert (United Artists, 1962 [Blue Note, 1994])
With Blue Mitchell
Smooth as the Wind (Riverside, 1961)
With the Modern Jazz Quartet
Jazz Dialogue (Atlantic, 1965)
With Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967 (France's Concert)
With Wes Montgomery
Movin' Wes (Verve, 1963)
With James Moody
Moody and the Brass Figures (Milestone, 1966)
With Oliver Nelson
Happenings with Hank Jones (Impulse!, 1966)
Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1966)
The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1966)
The Spirit of '67 co-led with Pee Wee Russell (Impulse!, 1967)
With Phineas Newborn, Jr.
Phineas Newborn, Jr. Plays Harold Arlen's Music from Jamaica (RCA Victor, 1957)
With Joe Newman
Salute to Satch (RCA Victor, 1956)
With Duke Pearson
Now Hear This (Blue Note, 1968)
With Tony Perkins
On a Rainy Afternoon (RCA Victor, 1958)
with Oscar Peterson:
With Respect to Nat (Verve, 1965)
with Oscar Pettiford:
Basically Duke (Bethlehem, 1954)
The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
With Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (MetroJazz, 1958; reissued as Brass & Trio, Verve)
with Jimmy Rushing:
Five Feet of Soul (Roulette, 1963)
with Lalo Schifrin
New Fantasy (Verve, 1964)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Verve, 1965)
With Shirley Scott
For Members Only (Impulse! 1963)
with Jimmy Smith:
Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (Verve, 1962)
Any Number Can Win (Verve, 1963)
The Cat...The Incredible Jimmy Smith (Verve, 1964)
Christmas '64 (Verve, 1964)
Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo w/ Wes Montgomery (Verve, 1966)
Stay Loose (Verve, 1968)
With Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (Roost, 1955)
Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Atlantic, 1962)
Broadway Soul (Colpix, 1965)
With Idrees Sulieman
Roots (New Jazz, 1957) with the Prestige All Stars
with Billy Taylor
My Fair Lady Loves Jazz (ABC-Paramount, 1957; reissued on Impulse!)
Kwamina (Mercury, 1961)
with Clark Terry:
Clark Terry (EmArcy, 1955)
with Lucky Thompson:
Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Vol. 2 (ABC-Paramount, 1956; reissued on Tricotism, Impulse)
with Stanley Turrentine:
Always Something There (Blue Note, 1968)
with Sarah Vaughan:
¡Viva! Vaughan (Verve, 1958)
with Dinah Washington:
For Those In Love (Mercury, 1955)
The Swingin' Miss "D" (Verve, 1956)
With Randy Weston
Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)
Highlife (Colpix, 1963)
With Gerald Wilson
Lomelin (Discovery, 1981)
Jessica (Trend, 1982)
With Kai Winding
The In Instrumentals (Verve, 1965)
With Phil Woods
Round Trip (Verve, 1969)
