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Jimmy Hamilton: Playing clarinet beside Harry Carney, Aquarium, New York, about November 1946

clarinet, tenor sax · 1917–1994

Jimmy Hamilton

Clarinetist from South Carolina, raised in Philadelphia, who took Barney Bigard's chair with Duke Ellington and kept it for twenty-five years: a Goodman-clean clarinet and a gutbucket tenor.

Sessions
59
Records
59
First date
November 21, 1945
Latest
November 15, 1967

On the records

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Mood Ellington (Columbia CL 6024)CL 6024 · 1948Mood EllingtonDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite (Columbia CL 6073)CL 6073 · 1949Duke Ellington's Liberian SuiteDuke Ellington And His OrchestraVarious Artists – Swing Hi-Swing Lo (Blue Note BLP 5027)BLP 5027 · 1953Swing Hi-Swing LoVarious ArtistsJohnny Hodges And His Orchestra – More Of Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra (Norgran MGN-1009)MGN-1009 · 1954More Of Johnny Hodges And His OrchestraJohnny Hodges And His OrchestraHarry Carney And His Orchestra – Harry Carney With Strings (Clef MGC-640)MGC-640 · 1955Harry Carney With StringsHarry Carney And His OrchestraBen Webster With Strings – Music For Loving (Norgran MGN-1018)MGN-1018 · 1955Music For LovingBen Webster With StringsOscar Pettiford – Basically Duke (Bethlehem BCP-1019)BCP-1019 · 1955Basically DukeOscar PettifordRalph Burns Among The JATPs – Ralph Burns Among The JATPs (Norgran MGN-1028)MGN-1028 · 1955Ralph Burns Among The JATPsRalph Burns Among The JATPsBenny Carter, Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Willie Smith – Alto Sax (Norgran MGN-1035)MGN-1035 · 1955Alto SaxBenny Carter, Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Willie SmithBen Webster With Strings – Music With Feeling (Norgran MGN-1039)MGN-1039 · 1955Music With FeelingBen Webster With StringsJohnny Hodges And His Orchestra – Creamy Featuring Johnny Hodges (Norgran MGN-1045)MGN-1045 · 1955Creamy Featuring Johnny HodgesJohnny Hodges And His OrchestraDuke Ellington – Historically Speaking - The Duke (Bethlehem BCP-60)BCP-60 · 1956Historically Speaking - The DukeDuke EllingtonDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Masterpieces By Ellington (In Uncut Concert Arrangements) (Columbia CL 825)CL 825 · 1956Masterpieces By Ellington (In Uncut Concert Arrangements)Duke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown (Columbia CL 830)CL 830 · 1956Hi-Fi Ellington UptownDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington / Buck Clayton All-Stars – At Newport (Columbia CL 933)CL 933 · 1956At NewportDuke Ellington / Buck Clayton All-StarsDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Ellington At Newport (Columbia CL 934)CL 934 · 1956Ellington At NewportDuke Ellington And His OrchestraJohnny Hodges And His Little Band, Big Band – Ellingtonia '56 (Norgran MGN-1055)MGN-1055 · 1956Ellingtonia '56Johnny Hodges And His Little Band, Big BandJohnny Hodges And His Orchestra – Used To Be Duke (Norgran MGN-1060)MGN-1060 · 1956Used To Be DukeJohnny Hodges And His OrchestraDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Duke Ellington Presents... (Bethlehem BCP-6005)BCP-6005 · 1956Duke Ellington Presents...Duke Ellington And His OrchestraJohnny Hodges And The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke – Duke's In Bed (Verve MGV-8203)MGV-8203 · 1956+Duke's In BedJohnny Hodges And The Ellington All-Stars Without DukeOscar Pettiford/Red Mitchell – Jazz Mainstream (Bethlehem BCP-2)BCP-2 · 1957Jazz MainstreamOscar Pettiford/Red MitchellDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – A Drum Is A Woman (Columbia CL 951)CL 951 · 1957A Drum Is A WomanDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Such Sweet Thunder (Columbia CL 1033)CL 1033 · 1957Such Sweet ThunderDuke Ellington And His OrchestraVarious Artists – The Anatomy Of Improvisation (Verve MGV-8230)MGV-8230 · 1957The Anatomy Of ImprovisationVarious ArtistsDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Ellington Indigos (Columbia CL 1085)CL 1085 · 1958Ellington IndigosDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington's Spacemen – The Cosmic Scene (Columbia CL 1198)CL 1198 · 1958The Cosmic SceneDuke Ellington's SpacemenDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Newport 1958 (Columbia CL 1245)CL 1245 · 1958Newport 1958Duke Ellington And His OrchestraElla Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume One (Verve MGV-4008)MGV-4008 · 1958Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume OneElla FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume Two (Verve MGV-4009)MGV-4009 · 1958Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume TwoElla FitzgeraldJohnny Hodges And The Ellington Men – The Big Sound (Verve MGV-8271)MGV-8271 · 1958The Big SoundJohnny Hodges And The Ellington MenVarious Artists – Nothing Cheesy About This Jazz - Do You Dig It? (Bethlehem BCP-85)BCP-85 · 1959Nothing Cheesy About This Jazz - Do You Dig It?Various ArtistsVarious Artists – Double Barrel Jazz - No Blanks Here (Bethlehem BCP-87)BCP-87 · 1959Double Barrel Jazz - No Blanks HereVarious ArtistsVarious Artists – Jazz Music For People Who Don't Care About Money (Bethlehem BCP-88)BCP-88 · 1959Jazz Music For People Who Don't Care About MoneyVarious ArtistsVarious Artists – No Sour Grapes ...Just Pure Jazz (Bethlehem BCP-92)BCP-92 · 1959No Sour Grapes ...Just Pure JazzVarious ArtistsJimmy Witherspoon – Singin' The Blues (Pacific Jazz PJ-1267)PJ-1267 · 1959Singin' The BluesJimmy WitherspoonDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Ellington Jazz Party (Columbia CL 1323)CL 1323 · 1959Ellington Jazz PartyDuke Ellington And His OrchestraVarious Artists – Special College Jazz Album: Complimentary Record (Verve MGV-8341)MGV-8341 · 1959Special College Jazz Album: Complimentary RecordVarious ArtistsA LOT OFYARN BUT AWELLKNITTEDJAZZ ALBUMBETHLEHEM BCP-91BCP-91 · 1960A Lot Of Yarn But A Well Knitted Jazz AlbumVarious ArtistsVarious Artists – Swingin' Like Sixty Vol. 1: The Singers/The Swingers (Pacific Jazz PJ-1289)PJ-1289 · 1960Swingin' Like Sixty Vol. 1: The Singers/The SwingersVarious ArtistsDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Festival Session (Columbia CL 1400)CL 1400 · 1960Festival SessionDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington – Blues In Orbit (Columbia CL 1445)CL 1445 · 1960Blues In OrbitDuke EllingtonDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia CL 1541)CL 1541 · 1960The Nutcracker SuiteDuke Ellington And His OrchestraDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Selections From Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 And Suite Thursday (Columbia CL 1597)CL 1597 · 1960Selections From Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 And Suite ThursdayDuke Ellington And His OrchestraVarious Artists – Fifteen Star Saxophones (Bethlehem BCP-6035)BCP-6035 · 1960Fifteen Star SaxophonesVarious ArtistsVarious Artists – Big Band Contrast (Bethlehem BCP-6037)BCP-6037 · 1960Big Band ContrastVarious ArtistsMel Torme, Frances Faye – A Jazz Version Of Highlights From The Opera: Porgy & Bess (Bethlehem BCP-6040)BCP-6040 · 1960A Jazz Version Of Highlights From The Opera: Porgy & BessMel Torme, Frances FayeJohnny Hodges And His Orchestra – Not So Dukish (Verve MGV-8355)MGV-8355 · 1960Not So DukishJohnny Hodges And His OrchestraVarious Artists – This Is The Blues Vol. 1 (Pacific Jazz PJ-13)PJ-13 · 1961This Is The Blues Vol. 1Various ArtistsVarious Artists – Golden Jazz Instrumentals (Bethlehem BCP-6065)BCP-6065 · 1962Golden Jazz InstrumentalsVarious ArtistsJohnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn And The Orchestra – Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn And The Orchestra (Verve V-8452)V-8452 · 1962Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn And The OrchestraJohnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn And The OrchestraJohnny Hodges – Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (Impulse! A-61)A-61 · 1964Everybody Knows Johnny HodgesJohnny HodgesElla Fitzgerald With Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Ella At Duke's Place (Verve V-4070)V-4070 · 1966Ella At Duke's PlaceElla Fitzgerald With Duke Ellington And His OrchestraJohnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis – Blue Pyramid (Verve V-8635)V-8635 · 1966Blue PyramidJohnny Hodges, Wild Bill DavisEarl Hines – Once Upon A Time (Impulse! A-9108)A-9108 · 1966Once Upon A TimeEarl HinesDuke Ellington And His Orchestra – Ella & Duke At The Cote D'Azur (Verve V-4072)V-4072 · 1967Ella & Duke At The Cote D'AzurDuke Ellington And His OrchestraJohnny Hodges – Blue Notes (Verve V-8680)V-8680 · 1967Blue NotesJohnny HodgesDuke Ellington – Soul Call (Verve V-8701)V-8701 · 1967Soul CallDuke EllingtonJohnny Hodges – Don't Sleep In The Subway (Verve V-8726)V-8726 · 1967Don't Sleep In The SubwayJohnny HodgesJohnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines – Hodges & Hines: Swing's Our Thing (Verve V-8732)V-8732 · 1968Hodges & Hines: Swing's Our ThingJohnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines

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