Jimmy Nottingham

An underrated soloist, Jimmy Nottingham was such a valuable big band and studio musician that he spent most of his life playing anonymously in the background and had few chances to solo. He first worked professionally in 1943 with Cecil Payne. While in the military (1944-45), Nottingham was lucky enough to play regularly with Willie Smith's Navy band. He was Lionel Hampton's high-note trumpeter ...more