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Jimmy Strong (August 29, 1906 – April 1977) was an American jazz reedist. While he is best known as a clarinetist, he occasionally played tenor saxophone as well.

Career

Strong was based in Chicago as a teenager, performing in Lottie Hightower's Nighthawks. Around 1925, he did a national tour with a traveling revue and stayed in California for a time, freelancing with several groups. Upon his return, he joined Carroll Dickerson's orchestra, where he worked with Louis Armstrong; he appears on Armstrong's Hot Fives recordings. In 1928, he also worked briefly with Clifford King. In the 1930s, he played with Cassino Simpson, Zinky Cohn, and Jimmie Noone, in addition to his own bands. Around 1940, he relocated to Jersey City, New Jersey, where he performed with local bands until his death in 1977.

References

Footnotes

1. Yurochko, Bob (2001). A Short History of Jazz. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8304-1595-3.
2. Feather, the late Leonard; Gitler, Ira (2007-04-01). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-988640-1.

General references

• "Jimmy Strong". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.

• 1906 births
• 1977 deaths
• American jazz saxophonists
• American male saxophonists
• American jazz clarinetists
• 20th-century American saxophonists
• 20th-century American male musicians
• American male jazz musicians
• Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five members