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Jimmy Cleveland

In the late '40s, when he left university to become a professional jazz musician, Jimmy Cleveland joined Lionel Hampton's orchestra, with whom he collaborated for several years. After this formative experience, he went on to do a number of recording sessions with a variety of bands, including Oscar Pettiford, Lucky Thompson, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson and Quincy Jones. At the end of the '50s, he joined a band led by Gil Evans, with Steve Lacy and Lee Konitz. He settled in California in the 60s, where he performed in various groups representative of the West Coast style. But he...