Quentin Jackson


Quentin "Butter" Jackson was an American jazz trombonist. In the early stage of his career he worked with Cab Calloway and was in the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Later he did notable work with Charles Mingus, Kenny Burrell, and others.
On her album Dinah Sings Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington did a version of Bessie Smith's "Trombone Cholly" with Jackson on the horn, under the title "Trombone Butter".

Discography

With Dorothy Ashby
With Louis Armstrong
With Count Basie
With Kenny Burrell
With Duke Ellington
With Ella Fitzgerald
With Johnny Hodges
With Milt Jackson
With Quincy Jones
With Herbie Mann
With Freddie McCoy
With Charles Mingus
With Wes Montgomery
With Shirley Scott
With Jimmy Smith
With Clark Terry
  • Duke with a Difference
With Dinah Washington
  • The Swingin' Miss "D"
  • Blue Gardenia
  • Dinah Sings Bessie Smith
With Billy Strayhorn
  • Cue for Saxophone
With Randy Weston'